Forecasting the COVID-19 Epidemic by Integrating Symptom Search Behavior Into Predictive Models: Infoveillance Study

• Main Authors: Alessandro Rabiolo (Author), Eugenio Alladio (Author), Esteban Morales (Author), Andrew Ian McNaught (Author), Francesco Bandello (Author), Abdelmonem A Afifi (Author), Alessandro Marchese (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundPrevious studies have suggested associations between trends of web searches and COVID-19 traditional metrics. It remains unclear whether models incorporating trends of digital searches lead to better predictions. ObjectiveThe aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between Goo...