TY - JOUR AU - Jain, Gaurav AU - Das Munshi, Boudhayan AU - Narasimha , Venkata Lakshmi AU - Varshney , Saurabh PY - 2021/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Infoveillance of Mucormycosis in India: A Googleâ„¢ Trends Based Study JF - Indian Journal of Community Health JA - Indian J Community Health VL - 33 IS - 2 SE - Short Article DO - 10.47203/IJCH.2021.v33i02.028 UR - https://iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/2206 SP - 383 - 385 AB - <p>India reported highest incidence of Mucormycosis in the past and during the second wave of COVID-19. Google Trends is a potential tool for infoveillance of infectious disease like Mucormycosis. Relative Search Volume (RSV) for term Mucormycosis (+ Black fungus), diabetes, steroid, oxygen, D-dimer (+ferritin) had been extracted from Google Trends for three months (March to May 2021) and state-wise prevalence for Mucormycosis released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare was used for the analysis. India reported highest RSV for Mucormycosis among the top five countries with COVID-19 cases. RSV peak for oxygen preceded the Mucormycosis spike. Correlation between state-wise prevalence of Mucormycosis and their corresponding RSV was not significant. While a positive correlation was observed between Mucormycosis, diabetes and steroid, it was not statistically significant. Infoveillance using Google trends can serve as a proxy marker for the public health needs and priorities much before actual field surveys.</p> ER -