Can Google® trends predict COVID-19 incidence and help preparedness? The situation in Colombia

[1], social media and communication can track public interest or concern regarding an infectious disease. [...]in Taiwan, in response to the ongoing outbreak, analyses demonstrated that Google ® Trends could potentially define the proper timing and location for practicing appropriate risk communicat...

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Published in:Travel medicine and infectious disease 2020-09, Vol.37, p.101703-101703, Article 101703
Main Authors: Ortiz-Martínez, Yeimer, Garcia-Robledo, Juan Esteban, Vásquez-Castañeda, Danna L., Bonilla-Aldana, D. Katterine, Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Betacoronavirus
Blood Donors
Colombia - epidemiology
Communication
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronaviruses
Correspondence
COVID-19
Disease transmission
Editing
Epidemics
Female
Health surveillance
Humans
Incidence
Infectious diseases
Male
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
Public concern
Public Health
SARS-CoV-2
Social media
Social networks
Spermatozoa
Travel medicine
Trends
Writing
Zika Virus
Zika Virus Infection
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Summary:[1], social media and communication can track public interest or concern regarding an infectious disease. [...]in Taiwan, in response to the ongoing outbreak, analyses demonstrated that Google ® Trends could potentially define the proper timing and location for practicing appropriate risk communication strategies to the affected population. Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing.Declaration of competing interest We declare that we have no competing interests.Acknowledgments To the National Institute of Health of Colombia for providing publicly the data of COVID-19 surveillance in its website (www.ins.gov.co).
ISSN:1477-8939
1873-0442
DOI:10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101703