Jean Bousquet1,2,3, Ioana Agache4, Uwe Berger5, Karl-Christian Bergmann6,7, Jean-Pierre Besancenot8, Philippe J Bousquet9, Tom Casale10, Gennaro d'Amato11, Igor Kaidashev12, Musa Khaitov13, Ralph Mösges14,15, Kristof Nekam16, Gabrielle L Onorato1, Davor Plavec17,18, Aziz Sheikh19, Michel Thibaudon8, Robert Vautard20, Mihaela Zidarn21. 1. MACVIA-France, Contre les Maladies Chroniques pour un Vieillissement Actif en France, European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing Reference Site, Montpellier, France. 2. INSERM U 1168, VIMA: Ageing and Chronic Diseases Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, Villejuif, France. 3. Université Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UMR-S 1168, Montigny le Bretonneux, France. 4. Faculty of Medicine, Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania. 5. Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Aerobiology and Pollen Information Research Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. 6. Comprehensive Allergy-Centre-Charité, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. 7. Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN), Berlin, Germany. 8. RNSA (Réseau National de Surveillance Aérobiologique), Brussieu, France. 9. EPAR U707 INSERM and EPAR UMR-S UPMC, Paris VI, Paris, France. 10. Division of Allergy/Immunology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. 11. Division of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Hospital 'A Cardarelli', University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy. 12. Ukrainina Medical Stomatological Academy, Poltava, Ukraine. 13. Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Research Center, Institute of Immunology, Federal Medicobiological Agency, Moscow, Russian Federation. 14. Institute of Medical Statistics and Computational Biology Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. 15. CRI - Clinical Research International Ltd, Hamburg, Germany. 16. Hospital of the Hospitaller Brothers in Buda, Budapest, Hungary. 17. Children's Hospital Srebrnjak, Zagreb, Croatia. 18. School of Medicine, University J.J. Strossmayer, Osijek, Croatia. 19. Centre of Medical Informatics, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 20. LSCE/IPSL, Laboratoire CEA/CNRS/UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. 21. University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Golnik, Slovenia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Google Trends (GT) searches trends of specific queries in Google, which potentially reflect the real-life epidemiology of allergic rhinitis. We compared GT terms related to ragweed pollen allergy in American and European Union countries with a known ragweed pollen season. Our aim was to assess seasonality and the terms needed to perform the GT searches and to compare these during the spring and summer pollen seasons. METHODS: We examined GT queries from January 1, 2011, to January 4, 2017. We included 15 countries with a known ragweed pollen season and used the standard 5-year GT graphs. We used the GT translation for all countries and the untranslated native terms for each country. RESULTS: The results of "pollen," "ragweed," and "allergy" searches differed between countries, but "ragweed" was clearly identified in 12 of the 15 countries. There was considerable heterogeneity of findings when the GT translation was used. For Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia, the GT translation was inappropriate. The country patterns of "pollen," "hay fever," and "allergy" differed in 8 of the 11 countries with identified "ragweed" queries during the spring and the summer, indicating that the perception of tree and grass pollen allergy differs from that of ragweed pollen. CONCLUSIONS: To investigate ragweed pollen allergy using GT, the term "ragweed" as a plant is required and the translation of "ragweed" in the native language needed.
BACKGROUND: Google Trends (GT) searches trends of specific queries in Google, which potentially reflect the real-life epidemiology of allergic rhinitis. We compared GT terms related to ragweed pollen allergy in American and European Union countries with a known ragweed pollen season. Our aim was to assess seasonality and the terms needed to perform the GT searches and to compare these during the spring and summer pollen seasons. METHODS: We examined GT queries from January 1, 2011, to January 4, 2017. We included 15 countries with a known ragweed pollen season and used the standard 5-year GT graphs. We used the GT translation for all countries and the untranslated native terms for each country. RESULTS: The results of "pollen," "ragweed," and "allergy" searches differed between countries, but "ragweed" was clearly identified in 12 of the 15 countries. There was considerable heterogeneity of findings when the GT translation was used. For Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia, the GT translation was inappropriate. The country patterns of "pollen," "hay fever," and "allergy" differed in 8 of the 11 countries with identified "ragweed" queries during the spring and the summer, indicating that the perception of tree and grass pollen allergy differs from that of ragweed pollen. CONCLUSIONS: To investigate ragweed pollen allergy using GT, the term "ragweed" as a plant is required and the translation of "ragweed" in the native language needed.
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Authors: Bernardo Sousa-Pinto; Aram Anto; Wienia Czarlewski; Josep M Anto; João Almeida Fonseca; Jean Bousquet Journal: J Med Internet Res Date: 2020-08-10 Impact factor: 5.428