Use of internet search data to monitor impact of rotavirus vaccination in the United States

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Desai, Rishi ^a   Lopman, Benjamin A ^a   Shimshoni, Yair ^b   Harris, John P ^c   Patel, Manish M ^a   Parashar, Umesh D ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b GOOGLE INC   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SEARCH ENGINE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNET; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ROTAVIRUS VACCINES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84859777121     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis121     Document Type: Article

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