Internet activity as a proxy for vaccination compliance.

Barak-Corren Y, Reis B. Internet activity as a proxy for vaccination compliance.. Vaccine. 2015;33(21):2395–8.

Abstract

Tracking the progress of vaccination campaigns is a challenging and important public health need. Examining a recent Polio outbreak in the Middle East, we show that novel methods utilizing online search trends have great potential to provide a real-time, reliable proxy for vaccination rates over space and time.
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