Analysis of the search for COVID-19 vaccines in South American countries
Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar
; 51(4), 2022.
Article
in Spanish
| Scopus | ID: covidwho-2169638
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Since the development of COVID-19 vaccines, the world population has been increasingly interested in learning about them.Objective:
To perform a search analysis on COVID-19 vaccines in South American countries.Methods:
Observational, descriptive, and retrospective study;of data obtained from the Google Trends tool. The use of 6 terms ("COVID-19 vaccine", "Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines", "Pfizer vaccine", "Sinopharm vaccine", "side effects of Pfizer vaccine", "side effects of Sinopharm vaccine") was compared in nine Spanish-speaking South American countries.Results:
The country with the highest search result for the term "COVID-19 vaccine" was Bolivia. Regarding the search for the term "COVID vaccine effectiveness" in South American countries, there is a strong trend in Peru, Ecuador, Argentina and Chile, between January and July 2021.Conclusion:
There was no decrease in the general interest regarding the 6 terms used for this study;however, the general interest in coronavirus vaccines among Google search engine users has presented changes in the trend, while the popularity of COVID-19 vaccine side effects has increased, showing significant variation according to the context of each country. © 2022, Editorial Ciencias Medicas. All rights reserved.
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Collection:
Databases of international organizations
Database:
Scopus
Topics:
Vaccines
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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