Use of Machine Learning Techniques for Case-Detection of Varicella Zoster Using Routinely Collected Textual Ambulatory Records: Pilot Observational Study

Corrado Lanera   ¹ , MSc, PhD ;   Paola Berchialla   ² , MSc, PhD ;   Ileana Baldi   ¹ , MSc, PhD ;   Giulia Lorenzoni   ¹ , MA, PhD ;   Lara Tramontan   ³ , PhD ;   Antonio Scamarcia   ⁴ , MD ;   Luigi Cantarutti   ⁴ , MD ;   Carlo Giaquinto   ⁵ , PhD ;   Dario Gregori   ¹ , MA, PhD

¹ Department of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Unit of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health, Padova, Italy

² Department of Clinical and Biological Science, University of Turin, Torino, Italy

³ Arsenàl.IT, Treviso, Italy

⁴ Società Servizi Telematici, Pedianet, Padova, Italy

⁵ Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy