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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3808386?pdf=render |