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Khubchandani J, Aldhaleei W, Bhagavathula AS. Monkeypox outbreaks, international health emergency declaration, and Americans' interest in preventing the disease. J Med Virol 2023; 95:e28291. [PMID: 36366798 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.28291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jagdish Khubchandani
- College of Health, Education, and Social Transformation, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
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- Bloomberg School of Public Health, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- College of Health Professions and Education, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
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Bhagavathula AS, Raubenheimer JE. A Real-Time Infodemiology Study on Public Interest in Mpox (Monkeypox) following the World Health Organization Global Public Health Emergency Declaration. INFORMATION 2022; 14:5. [DOI: 10.3390/info14010005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Google Trends (GT) is a useful real-time surveillance tool for epidemic outbreaks such as monkeypox (Mpox). GT provides hour-by-hour (real-time) data for the last seven days of Google searches. Non-real-time data are a random sample that encompasses search trends from 2004 and up to 72 h. Google Health Trends (GHT) API extracts daily raw search probabilities relative to the time period and size of the underlying population. However, little is known about the utility of GT real-time surveillance and GHT API following the public health announcements. Thus, this study aimed to analyzed Mpox GT real-time, non-real-time, and GHT API data 72 h before and after the WHO declared Mpox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) in the top five Mpox-affected countries. Joinpoint regression was used to measure hourly percentage changes (HPC) in search volume. The WHO PHEIC statement on Mpox generated 18,225.6 per 10 million Google searches in the U.S. and Germany (946.8), and in 0–4 h, the HPC increased by an average of 103% (95% CI: 37.4–200.0). This study showed the benefits of real-time surveillance and the GHT API for monitoring online demand for information on emerging infectious diseases such as Mpox.
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Affiliation(s)
- Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula
- Center for Public Health and Technology, Department of Health, Human Performance, and Recreation, College of Education and Health Professions, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Medical Sciences, Biomedical Informatics and Digital Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Bhagavathula AS, Khubchandani J. Monkeypox outbreaks and global health emergency declaration: Can such declarations influence public interest in the disease? Brain Behav Immun 2022; 106:113-114. [PMID: 35985616 PMCID: PMC9381940 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2022.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula
- Center for Public Health and Technology, Health, Human Performance and Recreation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Health, Education, and Social Transformation, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA.
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