Published on in Vol 10 , No 10 (2021) :October

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/30444, first published .
Detection of Spatiotemporal Clusters of COVID-19–Associated Symptoms and Prevention Using a Participatory Surveillance App: Protocol for the @choum Study

Detection of Spatiotemporal Clusters of COVID-19–Associated Symptoms and Prevention Using a Participatory Surveillance App: Protocol for the @choum Study

Detection of Spatiotemporal Clusters of COVID-19–Associated Symptoms and Prevention Using a Participatory Surveillance App: Protocol for the @choum Study

David De Ridder 1, 2, 3, 4 * , PhD ;   Andrea Jutta Loizeau 3, 4 * , PhD ;   José Luis Sandoval 2, 5 , MD, PhD ;   Frédéric Ehrler 6 , PhD ;   Myriam Perrier 6 , MSc ;   Albert Ritch 6 , MSc ;   Guillemette Violot 7 , MSc ;   Marc Santolini 8 , PhD ;   Bastian Greshake Tzovaras 8 , PhD ;   Silvia Stringhini 3, 4 , PhD ;   Laurent Kaiser 4, 9, 10 , MD, PhD ;   Jean-François Pradeau 6 , MSc ;   Stéphane Joost 1, 2 , PhD ;   Idris Guessous 1, 2, 3, 4 , MD, PhD

1 Laboratory of Geographic Information Systems , School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering , Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne , Lausanne , CH

2 Group of Geographic Information Research and Analysis in Population Health , Geneva University Hospitals , Geneva , CH

3 Division of Primary Care , Geneva University Hospitals , Geneva , CH

4 Department of Health and Community Medicine , Faculty of Medicine , University of Geneva , Geneva , CH

5 Department of Oncology , Geneva University Hospitals , Geneva , CH

6 Direction of Information Systems , Geneva University Hospitals , Geneva , CH

7 Communication Directorate , Geneva University Hospitals , Geneva , CH

8 Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity , INSERM U1284 , University of Paris , Paris , FR

9 Division of Infectious Disease and Laboratory of Virology , Geneva University Hospitals , Geneva , CH

10 Center for Emerging Viral Diseases , Geneva University Hospitals , Geneva , CH

*these authors contributed equally

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