The national burden of scabies in Germany: a population-based approach using Internet search engine data.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Scabies is a World Health Organization-defined neglected tropical disease and a growing public health issue worldwide. It is difficult to obtain reliable data on prevalence due to the lack of standardized tests. The aim of this study was to assess scabies online search behavior in Germany to identify local differences using Google search volume.

Methods

Google Ads Keyword Planner was used to investigate the scabies-related search volume for Germany as a whole, its 16 federal states, and 15 large cities for the period from January 2016 to December 2019. The identified search terms were qualitatively categorized and critically analyzed.

Results

A total of 572 keywords with an overall search volume of 11,414,180 searches regarding scabies were identified in Germa

SUBMITTER: Wu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9338126 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature