Norovirus disease surveillance using Google Internet query share data.

نویسندگان

  • Rishi Desai
  • Aron J Hall
  • Benjamin A Lopman
  • Yair Shimshoni
  • Marcus Rennick
  • Niv Efron
  • Yossi Matias
  • Manish M Patel
  • Umesh D Parashar
چکیده

Google Internet query share (IQS) data for gastroenteritis-related search terms correlated strongly with contemporaneous national (R(2) = 0.70) and regional (R(2) = 0.74) norovirus surveillance data in the United States. IQS data may facilitate rapid identification of norovirus season onset, elevated peak activity, and potential emergence of novel strains.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

دوره 55 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012