| Title |
Using Google Trends for Influenza Surveillance in South China
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, January 2013
|
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0055205 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Min Kang, Haojie Zhong, Jianfeng He, Shannon Rutherford, Fen Yang |
| Abstract |
Google Flu Trends was developed to estimate influenza activity in many countries; however there is currently no Google Flu Trends or other Internet search data used for influenza surveillance in China. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 12 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 25% |
| Japan | 2 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 8% |
| Italy | 1 | 8% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 3 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 17% |
| Scientists | 2 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 148 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Japan | 2 | 1% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Israel | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 136 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 32 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 16% |
| Researcher | 19 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 30 | 20% |
| Unknown | 23 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 19% |
| Computer Science | 25 | 17% |
| Social Sciences | 17 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 8% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 28 | 19% |
| Unknown | 30 | 20% |