Using Baidu Search Index to Predict Dengue Outbreak in China

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Liu, Kangkang ^a,b   Wang, Tao ^a,c   Yang, Zhicong ^d   Huang, Xiaodong ^b   Milinovich, Gabriel J ^b,e   Lu, Yi ^f   Jing, Qinlong ^a,d   Xia, Yao ^a   Zhao, Zhengyang ^d   Yang, Yang ^a,g   Tong, Shilu ^b   Hu, Wenbiao ^b   Lu, Jiahai ^a,h  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Prevention and Control Center for Occupational Diseases   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^g GUANGDONG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology Emergency Management Office   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHINA; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 85000796383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep38040     Document Type: Article

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