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Temporal Relationship Between Healthcare-Associated and Nonhealthcare-Associated Norovirus Outbreaks and Google Trends Data in the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2018

Hanako Osuka ,
Aron J. Hall ,
Mary E. Wikswo ,
Julia M. Baker  and
Benjamin A. Lopman
Hanako Osuka
Affiliation:
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta Georgia
Aron J. Hall
Affiliation:
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta Georgia Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta Georgia
Mary E. Wikswo
Affiliation:
Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta Georgia
Julia M. Baker
Affiliation:
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta Georgia
Benjamin A. Lopman*
Affiliation:
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta Georgia Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta Georgia
*
Address correspondence to Benjamin A. Lopman, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd NE, CNR Room 4013, Atlanta, GA 30322 (blopman@emory.edu).
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Abstract

Healthcare-associated norovirus outbreaks increase later but have a more pronounced seasonality than nonhealthcare norovirus outbreaks. Healthcare-associated norovirus outbreaks had higher correlation with Google Trends activity than nonhealthcare outbreaks (R2=0.68 vs 0.39). Google Trends data may have the potential to supplement existing norovirus surveillance due to its real-time availability.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:355–358

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , March 2018 , pp. 355 - 358
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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