Zhengyang Wu

Oct 23, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Xingyu Wan |Ning Zhang |Zhengyang Wu |Rong Qiu

Rationale Previous research has demonstrated the applicability of Google Trends in predicting infectious diseases. Aims and Objectives This study aimed to analyze public interest in other infectious diseases before and after the outbreak of COVID-19 via Google Trends data and to predict these trends via time series models. Method Google Trends data for 12 common infectious diseases were obtained in this study, covering the period from 1 February 2018 to 5 May 2023.