A method to assess seasonality of urinary tract infections based on medication sales and google trends.

BACKGROUND: Despite the fact that urinary tract infection (UTI) is a very frequent disease, little is known about its seasonality in the community. METHODS AND FINDINGS: To estimate seasonality of UTI using multiple time series constructed with available proxies of UTI. Eight time series based on tw...

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Main Authors: Louise Rossignol, Camille Pelat, Bruno Lambert, Antoine Flahault, Emmanuel Chartier-Kastler, Thomas Hanslik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3808386?pdf=render