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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
44
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-11-27
pubmed:abstractText
For the period of the spread of pandemic H1N1 influenza in New Zealand during 2009, we compared results from Google Flu Trends with data from existing surveillance systems. The patterns from Google Flu Trends were closely aligned with (peaking a week before and a week after) two independent national surveillance systems for influenza-like illness (ILI) cases. It was much less congruent with (delayed by three weeks) data from ILI-related calls to a national free-phone Healthline and with media coverage of pandemic influenza. Some patterns were unique to Google Flu Trends and may not have reflected the actual ILI burden in the community. Overall, Google Flu Trends appears to provide a useful free surveillance system but it should probably be seen as supplementary rather than as an alternative.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1560-7917
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Interpreting Google flu trends data for pandemic H1N1 influenza: the New Zealand experience.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand. nick.wilson@otago.ac.nz
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article