Tracking and predicting hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) epidemics in China by Baidu queries

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1699-1707

  Xiao, Q Y ^a,b   Liu, H J ^c   Feldman, M W ^c,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Engineering University of CAPF   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemics; HFMD; prediction; search query

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAIDU; CHINA; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EPIDEMIC; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; SEARCH ENGINE; WEB BROWSER; ENTEROVIRUS; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; INTERNET; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHINA; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMICS; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 85013377302     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268817000231     Document Type: Article

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