Predicting the hand, foot, and mouth disease incidence using search engine query data and climate variables: An ecological study in Guangdong, China

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Du, Zhicheng ^a,b   Xu, Lin ^a,b,c   Zhang, Wangjian ^a,b   Zhang, Dingmei ^a,b   Yu, Shicheng ^d   Hao, Yuantao ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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

Author keywords

ARIMAX model; Baidu index; Hand, foot and mouth disease; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHINA; CLIMATE; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; SEARCH ENGINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT DISEASE; HAND; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOUTH; MOUTH DISEASE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SKIN DISEASE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

CHINA; CLIMATE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT DISEASES; HAND; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFORMATICS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORBIDITY; MOUTH; MOUTH DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEARCH ENGINE; SEASONS; SKIN DISEASES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85031087536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016263     Document Type: Article

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