Table 2.

Established and/or official public websites not used in the Global Infectious Diseases Epidemic Information Monitoring System.

Website number	Name and responsible department	Limitations
1	Medisys, The European Union [43]	Some information on global infectious diseases is delayed (eg, Ebola from Democratic Republic of the Congo).
2	Biocaster, National Institute of Informatics (Japan) [7,8]	This project ran from 2012 to 2016; currently unavailable.
3	Epispider, CDCa (US) [7,9]	Currently unavailable from the mentioned website address and CDCa (US) websites.
4	Project Argus, Georgetown University (Washington, DC, US) and MITRE Corporation (VA, US), sponsored by the Government of the US [7,36]	Currently unavailable from the mentioned website address.
5	The RODSb Open Source Project, RODS Library, University of Pittsburgh (PA, US) [9]	The software requires purchasing a license, and the website has not been updated since 2009.
6	GPHINc, Public Health Agency of Canada [36,37]	Currently unavailable in the websites of the Public Health Agency of Canada. The WHOd website contains the main information collected by the GPHIN [37].
7	Google Inc [44]	The same visitor is not allowed to visit the site frequently, Chinese government also has restrictions on access to Google.

^aCDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

^bRODS: Real-time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance.

^cGPHIN: Global Public Health Intelligence Network.

^dWHO: World Health Organization.