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Volume 17, Number 6?June 2011
Dispatch
Internet Queries and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Surveillance
Vanja M. Dukic, Michael Z. David, and Diane S. Lauderdale Comments to Author
Author affiliations: University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA (V.M. Dukic); and University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (M.Z. David, D.S. Lauderdale)
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Abstract
The Internet is a common source of medical information and has created novel surveillance opportunities. We assessed the potential for Internet-based surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and examined the extent to which it reflects trends in hospitalizations and news coverage. Google queries were a useful predictor of hospitalizations for methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections.
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http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/17/6/1068.htm
Volume 17, Number 6?June 2011
Dispatch
Internet Queries and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Surveillance
Vanja M. Dukic, Michael Z. David, and Diane S. Lauderdale Comments to Author
Author affiliations: University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA (V.M. Dukic); and University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (M.Z. David, D.S. Lauderdale)
Suggested citation for this article
Abstract
The Internet is a common source of medical information and has created novel surveillance opportunities. We assessed the potential for Internet-based surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and examined the extent to which it reflects trends in hospitalizations and news coverage. Google queries were a useful predictor of hospitalizations for methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections.
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http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/17/6/1068.htm