Google dengue trends: An indicator of epidemic behavior. The Venezuelan Case

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 104, Issue , 2017, Pages 26-30

  Strauss, Ricardo A ^a,b   Castro, Julio S ^b   Reintjes, Ralf ^a,c   Torres, Jaime R ^b  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases; Dengue; Internet; Surveillance systems

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; INTERNET; MONITORING; NETWORK SECURITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DENGUE; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; HEALTH MEASURES; HEALTH RELATED INFORMATIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; PEARSON CORRELATION; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS;

DISEASES;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENEZUELA; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; PROCEDURES; SEARCH ENGINE; UTILIZATION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENGUE; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SEARCH ENGINE; VENEZUELA;

EID: 85019346031     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2017.05.003     Document Type: Article

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