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Interest in COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: an infodemiological study using Google Trends.

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dc.contributor.author Aragón-Ayala, Carlos Jesús
dc.contributor.author Copa-Uscamayta, Julissa
dc.contributor.author Herrera, Luis
dc.contributor.author Zela-Coila, Frank
dc.contributor.author Quispe-Juli, Cender Udai
dc.date.accessioned 2021-12-12T20:24:55Z
dc.date.available 2021-12-12T20:24:55Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/10227
dc.description.abstract Infodemiology has been widely used to assess epidemics. In light of the recent pandemic, we use Google Search data to explore online interest about COVID-19 and related topics in 20 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Data from Google Trends from December 12, 2019, to April 25, 2020, regarding COVID-19 and other related topics were retrieved and correlated with official data on COVID-19 cases and with national epidemiological indicators. The Latin American and Caribbean countries with the most interest for COVID-19 were Peru (100%) and Panama (98.39%). No correlation was found between this interest and national epidemiological indicators. The global and local response time were 20.2 ± 1.2 days and 16.7 ± 15 days, respectively. The duration of public attention was 64.8 ± 12.5 days. The most popular topics related to COVID-19 were: the country's situation (100 ± 0) and coronavirus symptoms (36.82 ± 16.16). Most countries showed a strong or moderated (r = 0.72) significant correlation between searches related to COVID-19 and daily new cases. In addition, the highest significant lag correlation was found on day 13.35 ± 5.76 (r = 0.79). Interest shown by Latin American and Caribbean countries for COVID-19 was high. The degree of online interest in a country does not clearly reflect the magnitude of their epidemiological indicators. The response time and the lag correlation were greater than in European and Asian countries. Less interest was found for preventive measures. Strong correlation between searches for COVID-19 and daily new cases suggests a predictive utility en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública
dc.relation.ispartofseries Cadernos de Saude Publica
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Pandemics en_US
dc.subject SARS-CoV-2 en_US
dc.subject Brazil en_US
dc.subject *COVID-19 en_US
dc.subject Latin America/epidemiology en_US
dc.subject Caribbean Region en_US
dc.subject Search Engine en_US
dc.title Interest in COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: an infodemiological study using Google Trends. en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-311X00270720
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.05
dc.relation.issn 1678-4464


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