論文

査読有り 国際誌
2020年10月29日

Surveillance of early stage COVID-19 clusters using search query logs and mobile device-based location information.

Scientific reports
  • Shohei Hisada
  • ,
  • Taichi Murayama
  • ,
  • Kota Tsubouchi
  • ,
  • Sumio Fujita
  • ,
  • Shuntaro Yada
  • ,
  • Shoko Wakamiya
  • ,
  • Eiji Aramaki

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開始ページ
18680
終了ページ
18680
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1038/s41598-020-75771-6

Two clusters of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were confirmed in Hokkaido, Japan, in February 2020. To identify these clusters, this study employed web search query logs of multiple devices and user location information from location-aware mobile devices. We anonymously identified users who used a web search engine (i.e., Yahoo! JAPAN) to search for COVID-19 or its symptoms. We regarded them as web searchers who were suspicious of their own COVID-19 infection (WSSCI). We extracted the location of WSSCI via a mobile operating system application and compared the spatio-temporal distribution of WSSCI with the actual location of the two known clusters. In the early stage of cluster development, we confirmed several WSSCI. Our approach was accurate in this stage and became biased after a public announcement of the cluster development. When other cluster-related resources, such as detailed population statistics, are not available, the proposed metric can capture hints of emerging clusters.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75771-6
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33122686
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7596075
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1038/s41598-020-75771-6
  • PubMed ID : 33122686
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC7596075

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