SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article

Front. Public Health

Sec. Digital Public Health

Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1609615

This article is part of the Research TopicAdvancing Public Health through Generative Artificial Intelligence: A Focus on Digital Well-Being and the Economy of AttentionView all 6 articles

Artificial Intelligence in Early Warning Systems for Infectious Disease Surveillance: A Systematic Review

Provisionally accepted
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States

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Background: Infectious diseases pose a significant global health threat, exacerbated by factors like globalization and climate change. Artificial intelligence (AI) offers promising tools to enhance crucial early warning systems (EWS) for disease surveillance.Objective: This systematic review evaluates the current landscape of AI applications in EWS for infectious disease surveillance, identifying key techniques, data sources, benefits, and challenges.Methods: Following PRISMA guidelines, a systematic search of Semantic Scholar (2018-onward) yielded 67 relevant studies after screening 600 records and removing duplicates and non-relevant articles.

Keywords: artificial intelligence, Public Health, disease surveillance, Early warning system (EWS), Infectious Disease, Systematic review

Received: 10 Apr 2025; Accepted: 02 Jun 2025.

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* Correspondence: Yang Xie, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States

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