Respiratory syncytial virus tracking using internet search engine data

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Correlations between predicted RSV rates and either RSV antigen positive rates or influenza rates

	Only the term “RSV”		All 50 terms		Correlation of RSV AG and flu rates
	RSV	Influenza	RSV	Influenza	Correlation of RSV AG and flu rates
CA	0.82	0.71	0.81	0.77	0.74
MI	0.79	0.50	0.78	0.46	0.39
OH	0.79	0.50	0.79	0.45	0.49
PA	0.67	0.64	0.71	0.67	0.49
TX	0.89	0.76	0.87	0.82	0.77

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