Syndromic surveillance models using web data: The case of influenza in greece and italy using google trends

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Samaras, Loukas ^a   García Barriocanal, Elena ^a   Sicilia, Miguel Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

ARIMA; Forecast; Google Trends; Influenza; Statistical correlation; Web, syndromic surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043374437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23692960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/publichealth.8015     Document Type: Article

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