STI Spread Predicted by Google Search
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The University of Illionois at Chicago is one of four institutions (along the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) that are using the methods in order to monitor emerging cases in real time. For example, if more people at a certain time are searching symptoms of 'painful urination', this is likely to corroborate with higher cases of gonorrhoea. By keeping tabs, scientists hope to be able to predict the time and whereabouts of the next likely outbreak.
Sexual diseases are definitely still something of a societal taboo despite their commonality, so it's comforting to know that progress can be made by pooling information. And all without jeopardising the anonymity of sufferers, which is key to gaining public trust. There are still people out there who struggle to talk about such personal issues openly with medical professionals, which is likely to hinder statistics. This way, confidentiality is guaranteed whilst gaining unprecedented entry to helpful patient information.
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