JMIR public health and surveillance
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JMIR Public Health Surveill · Nov 2017
Syndromic Surveillance Models Using Web Data: The Case of Influenza in Greece and Italy Using Google Trends.
An extended discussion and research has been performed in recent years using data collected through search queries submitted via the Internet. It has been shown that the overall activity on the Internet is related to the number of cases of an infectious disease outbreak. ⋯ We can create an Internet surveillance system based on Google searches to track influenza in Greece and Italy.