Epidemiological research on rare diseases using large-scale online search queries and reported case data

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BACKGROUND: Rare diseases have become a major public health concern worldwide. However, detailed epidemiological data are lacking. With the development of the Internet, search queries have played an important role in disease surveillance. In this study, we explored a new method for the epidemiological research on rare diseases, using large-scale online search queries and reported case data. We distilled search...

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