Seasons, searches, and intentions: What the internet can tell us about the bed bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) epidemic

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 116-121

  Sentana Lledo, Daniel ^a   Barbu, Corentin M ^a,b   Ngo, Michelle N ^c   Wu, Yage ^a   Sethuraman, Karthik ^a   Levy, Michael Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed bug; Google Trends; Infodemiology; Internet; Interview

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CIMEX; INTERNET; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; INTERNET; SEASONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959886291     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: 19382928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjv158     Document Type: Article

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