Diseases Tracked by Using Google Trends, Spain
Emerging infectious diseasesPublished 29 December 2009Open access
Antonio Valdivia, Susana Monge
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The utility of Internet queries for the surveillance of ILI and chickenpox in Spain can be used as an early warning tool used complementarily to standard surveillance systems.
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