Evaluation of Internet-based dengue query data: Google Dengue Trends.

Dengue is a common and growing problem worldwide, with an estimated 70-140 million cases per year. Traditional, healthcare-based, government-implemented dengue surveillance is resource intensive and slow. As global Internet use has increased, novel, Internet-based disease monitoring tools have emerg...

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Main Authors: Rebecca Tave Gluskin, Michael A Johansson, Mauricio Santillana, John S Brownstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-02-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3937307?pdf=render