Monitoring public interest toward pertussis outbreaks: an extensive Google Trends–based analysis

Public Health

Volumn 165, Issue , 2018, Pages 9-15

  Gianfredi, V ^a   Bragazzi, N L ^b   Mahamid, M ^c,d   Bisharat, B ^c,d,e   Mahroum, N ^f   Amital, H ^f   Adawi, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Nazareth Hospital   (Israel)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e THE MAX STERN YEZREEL VALLEY COLLEGE   (Israel)

^f TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Big data; Fast data; Google Tends; Infodemiology; Pertussis

Indexed keywords

PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH; DATA SET; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MONITORING; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BELGIUM; BULGARIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEATH; EPIDEMIC; ESTONIA; GERMANY; HUMAN; MONITORING; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PERTUSSIS; PREGNANCY; SLOVAKIA; SOFTWARE; SPAIN; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNET; PROCEDURES; SEARCH ENGINE; TRENDS;

EUROPE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SEARCH ENGINE; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 85054815337     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2018.09.001     Document Type: Article

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