Interest in COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: an infodemiological study using Google Trends

• Main Authors: Carlos Jesús Aragón-Ayala (Author), Julissa Copa-Uscamayta (Author), Luis Herrera (Author), Frank Zela-Coila (Author), Cender Udai Quispe-Juli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Infodemiology has been widely used to assess epidemics. In light of the recent pandemic, we use Google Search data to explore online interest about COVID-19 and related topics in 20 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Data from Google Trends from December 12, 2019, to April 25, 2020, regar...