Identifying the geographic leading edge of Lyme disease in the United States with internet searches: A spatiotemporal analysis of Google Health Trends data.

The public health contribution of Google Health Trends data may be significant in informing the public and health care providers about emerging risks in their geographic regions.

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The sensitivity analysis restricted to areas with recorded tick presence ( S4 Table ) had a small impact on the modeled relative risks and significance levels of some covariates, but the association between “Lyme disease” search rates and incidence rates (RR = 1.09, CI: 1.07, 1.12) remained highly significant.

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