Can Google® trends predict COVID-19 incidence and help preparedness? The situation in Colombia

Yeimer Ortiz-Martínez; Juan Esteban Garcia-Robledo; Danna L Vásquez-Castañeda; D Katterine Bonilla-Aldana; Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101703

Can Google® trends predict COVID-19 incidence and help preparedness? The situation in Colombia

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 Sep-Oct:37:101703. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101703. Epub 2020 Apr 28.

Authors

Yeimer Ortiz-Martínez¹, Juan Esteban Garcia-Robledo², Danna L Vásquez-Castañeda³, D Katterine Bonilla-Aldana⁴, Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Hospital Universitario de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia; Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Sucre, Sincelejo, Colombia; Latin American Network of Coronavirus Disease 2019-COVID-19 Research (LANCOVID-19), Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
² Latin American Network of Coronavirus Disease 2019-COVID-19 Research (LANCOVID-19), Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia; Centro de Investigaciones Clínicas (CIC), Fundación Valle del Lili, Cra 98 No. 18 - 49, Cali, 760032, Colombia.
³ Latin American Network of Coronavirus Disease 2019-COVID-19 Research (LANCOVID-19), Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia; Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
⁴ Latin American Network of Coronavirus Disease 2019-COVID-19 Research (LANCOVID-19), Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia; Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia; Incubator in Zoonosis (SIZOO), Biodiversity and Ecosystem Conservation Research Group (BIOECOS), Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas, Sede Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
⁵ Latin American Network of Coronavirus Disease 2019-COVID-19 Research (LANCOVID-19), Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia; Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia; Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia. Electronic address: arodriguezm@utp.edu.co.

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
Blood Donors
COVID-19
Colombia / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious*
Public Health
SARS-CoV-2
Spermatozoa
Zika Virus Infection*
Zika Virus*