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Digital epidemiology is an innovative scientific discipline that develops with greater access to scientific knowledge and digital tools. The distribution of health-related situations in certain societies and the determinants of health are obtained through online platforms and is used to improve health and prevent disease. This new approach is based on the idea that public health information is produced directly by the public using online services without having to be included in the health care system. Web search records, chat rooms, social networks, blogs and online news media are among these online tools. Some infectious and chronic disease data can be identified through these data sources and can be used for many epidemiological purposes such as assessment of health behaviors and attitudes, early detection of disease outbreaks. Researches has shown increasing parallel evidence that it can be a reliable tool for predicting many diseases and treatments in line with actual disease epidemiology in the world. In this study, it is aimed to present the findings of the research in this field by addressing the concept of digital epidemiology, its applications, opportunities and difficulties. In this way, it has been tried to provide a basis for the opportunities and assumptions and difficulties that this new field provides for health politicians, public health experts and researchers.

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