Prediction of Asthma Hospitalizations for the Common Cold Using Google Trends: Infodemiology Study

Bernardo Sousa-Pinto   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD ;   Jaana I Halonen   ³ , PhD ;   Aram Antó   ⁴ , MSc ;   Vesa Jormanainen   ³ , MD ;   Wienczyslawa Czarlewski   ^{4, 5, 6} , PhD ;   Anna Bedbrook   ^{4, 6} , BSc ;   Nikolaos G Papadopoulos   ^{7, 8} , PhD ;   Alberto Freitas   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Tari Haahtela   ⁹ , MD ;   Josep M Antó   ^{10, 11, 12, 13} , PhD ;   João Almeida Fonseca   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD ;   Jean Bousquet   ^{6, 14, 15, 16} , PhD

¹ MEDCIDS – Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences; Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

² CINTESIS – Center for Health Technology and Services Research; University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

³ Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland

⁴ MASK-air, Montpellier, France

⁵ Medical Consulting Czarlewski, Levallois, France

⁶ MACVIA-France, Montpellier, France

⁷ Allergy Department, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Athens General Children’s Hospital “P&A Kyriakou”, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

⁸ Division of Infection, Immunity & Respiratory Medicine, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

⁹ Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

¹⁰ ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain

¹¹ Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

¹² IMIM - Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain

¹³ CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública - CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain

¹⁴ Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

¹⁵ Comprehensive Allergy Center, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany

¹⁶ University Hospital, Montpellier, France