Web-based surveillance of respiratory infection outbreaks: retrospective analysis of Italian COVID-19 epidemic waves using Google Trends

• Main Authors: Gloria Porcu (Author), Yu Xi Chen (Author), Andrea Stella Bonaugurio (Author), Simone Villa (Author), Leonardo Riva (Author), Vincenzina Messina (Author), Giorgio Bagarella (Author), Mauro Maistrello (Author), Olivia Leoni (Author), Danilo Cereda (Author), Fulvio Matone (Author), Andrea Gori (Author), Giovanni Corrao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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IntroductionLarge-scale diagnostic testing has been proven insufficient to promptly monitor the spread of the Coronavirus disease 2019. Electronic resources may provide better insight into the early detection of epidemics. We aimed to retrospectively explore whether the Google search volume has been...