Trends in Online Search Activity and the Correlation with Daily New Cases of Monkeypox among 102 Countries or Territories.

ABSTRACT: Research assessing the trend in online search activity on monkeypox (mpox) and the correlation with the mpox epidemic at the global and national level is scarce. The trend of online search activity and the time-lag correlations between it and daily new mpox cases were estimated by using segmented interrupted time-series analysis and Spearman correlation coefficient (rs), respectively. We found that after the declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the proportion of countries or territories with increasing changes in online search activity was lowest in Africa (8.16%, 4/49), and a downward trend in online search activity was highest in North America (8/31, 25.81%). The time-lag effect of global online search activity on daily new cases was significant (rs

SUBMITTER: Du M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9963132 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature