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. 2016 Oct 20;2(2):e161. doi: 10.2196/publichealth.5901

Table 2.

Comparison of change points detected using Bayesian change point analysis, 2012-2015 influenza seasonsa.

Influenza season CDCb ILINetc counts (reference) Google counts Twitter counts Wikipedia counts
2012-2013

Week 47a

Week 48



Week 50




Week 51a





Week 52



Week 1 Week 1



Week 3 Week 3


Week 4a Week 4a

Week 5 Week 5a
Week 5a
2013-2014 Week 48 Week 48a Week 48a

Week 50 Week 50a



Week 51a Week 51a Week 51a




Week 1


Week 3




Week 4


Week 5a


Week 6

Week 6a



Week 7a

Week 15





Week 17
2014-2015

Week 43




Week 44

Week 48 Week 48a


Week 49



Week 50 Week 50a Week 50a


Week 51a


Week 53 Week 53a
Week 53a



Week 2



Week 3 Week 3


Week 4


Week 6





Week 12

aMMWR week indicates a corresponding change point to the CDC change points (reference).

bCDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

cILINet: United States Outpatient Influenza-like Illness Surveillance Network.