Author: Thorner, Anna R.; Cao, Bin; Jiang, Terrence; Warner, Amy J.; Bonis, Peter A.
Title: Correlation Between UpToDate Searches and Reported Cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome During Outbreaks in Saudi Arabia Document date: 2016_2_18
ID: qh9n30qd_14
Snippet: Our findings suggest that analysis of UpToDate search activity could be useful for detecting and monitoring MERS outbreaks in Saudi Arabia. Although some of the UpToDate MERS searches may have been prompted by media reports, one study suggested that UpToDate searches related to influenza-like illness are less likely to be impacted by public anxiety and media reports and appear to have improved signal-to-noise ratios compared with internet searche.....
Document: Our findings suggest that analysis of UpToDate search activity could be useful for detecting and monitoring MERS outbreaks in Saudi Arabia. Although some of the UpToDate MERS searches may have been prompted by media reports, one study suggested that UpToDate searches related to influenza-like illness are less likely to be impacted by public anxiety and media reports and appear to have improved signal-to-noise ratios compared with internet searches by Google Flu Trends [3] . This may be because the majority of UpToDate users are clinicians.
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