Using Baidu search index to monitor and predict newly diagnosed cases of HIV/AIDS, syphilis and gonorrhea in China: estimates from a vector autoregressive (VAR) model.
Ruonan HuangGanfeng LuoQibin DuanLei ZhangQingpeng ZhangWeiming TangM Kumi SmithJinghua LiHuachun ZouPublished in: BMJ open (2020)
Our study indicated the potential feasibility of using Baidu search data to monitor and predict the number of newly diagnosed cases of HIV/AIDS, syphilis and gonorrhoea in China.