Forecasting influenza in Hong Kong with Google search queries and statistical model fusion.

Forecasting influenza in Hong Kong with Google search queries and statistical model fusion.

The objective of this study is to investigate predictive utility of online social media and web search queries, particularly, Google search data, to forecast new cases of influenza-like-illness (ILI) in general outpatient clinics (GOPC) in Hong Kong. To mitigate the impact of sensitivity to self-exc...

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Main Authors: Qinneng Xu, Yulia R Gel, L Leticia Ramirez Ramirez, Kusha Nezafati, Qingpeng Zhang, Kwok-Leung Tsui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5413039?pdf=render

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