Using Google trends to examine the spatio-temporal incidence and behavioral patterns of dengue disease: A case study in metropolitan Manila, Philippines

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Ho, Howell T ^a   Carvajal, Thaddeus M ^b,c   Bautista, John Robert ^d   Capistrano, Jayson Dale R ^c   Viacrusis, Katherine M ^b   Hernandez, Lara Fides T ^a,b,e   Watanabe, Kozo ^b,c  

^a Trinity University of Asia   (Philippines)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Dengue; Google Dengue Trends (GDT); Metropolitan Manila; Sign; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 85067395796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24146366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed3040118     Document Type: Article

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