Eurosurveillance · 2010 · 102 citations · 5 references
Public HealthInfectious Disease ControlInfectious DiseasesDisease SurveillanceEpidemiologySyndromic SurveillanceDisease Surveillance SystemsEpidemic ForecastingHealth SurveillanceInfluenza-like Illness SurveillanceSentinel SurveillanceSurveillance Data AnalysisDisease Trend MonitoringInfluenza-like Illness Rate EstimationPandemic Influenza SurveillancePeak Timing EstimationPhysician-hospital NetworksSentinel Provider NetworksSentinel Surveillance NetworksSyndromic Surveillance Reporting
The number of Internet searches has recently been used by Google to estimate the influenza incidence in the United States. We examined the correlation between the Google Flu Trends tool and sentinel networks estimates in several European countries during the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic and found a good correlation between estimates and peak incidence timing, with the highest peaks in countries where Internet is most frequently used for health-related searching. Although somehow limited, Google could be a valuable tool for syndromic surveillance.
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Detecting influenza epidemics using search engine query data
Jeremy Ginsberg, Matthew H. Mohebbi, Rajan Patel et al. · Nature · 2008 · 4.4K citations · Full text
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