Assessing seasonal dynamics of Guillain-Barré syndrome with search engine query data.

Antonino GiordanoMarco VabanesiGloria Dalla CostaFederica CerriGiancarlo ComiVittorio MartinelliRaffaella Fazio

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2019)

This study represents the first approach in investigating digital epidemiology of GBS and establishing possible links with traditional epidemiology. Cold season GBS peak has been observed by some traditional studies; hypothetical pathogenic relationship with infectious antecedents is supported from finding GBS peaks clustering with greatest temperature change. Further studies are needed to compare these findings to traditional public health approaches.

Keyphrases

public health
risk factors
case control
electronic health record
single cell
big data
case report
deep learning
global health
artificial intelligence
data analysis