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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2010, 7, 596-615; doi:10.3390/ijerph7020596 OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 /journal/ijerph Article Text and Structural Data Mining of Influenza Mentions in Web and Social Media Courtney D. Corley 1,*, Diane J. Cook 2, Armin R. Mikler 3 and Karan P. Singh 4 1 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd., Richland, WA 99352, USA 2 School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University, PO Box 642752 Pullman, Washington 99164, USA; E-Mail: cook@ 3 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #311366 Denton, TX 76203, USA; E-Mail: mikler@ 4 Department of Biostatistics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd. Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA; E-Mail: ksingh@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: court@; Tel.: +1-509-375-2326; Fax: +1-509-375-2443. Received: 9 November 2009 / Accepted: 10 February 2010 / Published: 22 February 2010 Abstract: Text and structural data mining of web and social media (WSM) provides a novel disease surveillance resource and can identify online communities for targeted public health communications (PHC) to assure wide dissemination of pertinent information. WSM that mention influenza are harvested over a 24