A Machine Learning Approach for Identifying People With Neuroinfectious Diseases in Electronic Health Records: Algorithm Development and Validation

Arjun Singh   ^{1, 2 *} , MBBS ;   Shadi Sartipi   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD ;   Haoqi Sun   ² , PhD ;   Rebecca Milde   ³ , BSc ;   Niels Turley   ³ , BSc ;   Carson Quinn   ^{1, 4} , MD ;   G Kyle Harrold   ^{1, 2, 4} , MD ;   Rebecca L Gillani   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Sarah E Turbett   ^{5, 6} , MD ;   Sudeshna Das   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Sahar Zafar   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Marta Fernandes   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD ;   M Brandon Westover   ^{1, 2, 3} , MD, PhD ;   Shibani S Mukerji   ^{1, 2 *} , MD, PhD

¹ Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

² Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

³ Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States

⁴ Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

⁵ Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

⁶ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

*these authors contributed equally