Emergency department and 'Google flu trends' data as syndromic surveillance indicators for seasonal influenza

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2397-2405

  Thompson, L H ^a   Malik, M T ^a,b   Gumel, A ^a   Strome, T ^a   Mahmud, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Emergency departments; epidemiology; Google flu trends; seasonal influenza; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSULTATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GOOGLE FLU TRENDS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INTERNET; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MANITOBA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84909991578     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813003464     Document Type: Article

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