Google trends: A web-based tool for real-time surveillance of disease outbreaks

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1557-1564

  Carneiro, Herman Anthony ^a,b   Mylonakis, Eleftherios ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET;

EID: 72849140260     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/630200     Document Type: Article

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