Health Care Professionals’ Evidence-Based Medicine Internet Searches Closely Mimic the Known Seasonal Variation of Lyme Borreliosis: A Register-Based Study

Samuli Pesälä   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Mikko J Virtanen   ² , MSc ;   Jussi Sane   ² , PhD ;   Jukkapekka Jousimaa   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Outi Lyytikäinen   ² , MD, PhD ;   Satu Murtopuro   ² , DMD ;   Pekka Mustonen   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Minna Kaila   ⁴ , MD, PhD ;   Otto Helve   ^{2, 5} , MD, PhD

¹ University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

² Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

³ Duodecim Medical Publications Ltd, Helsinki, Finland

⁴ Public Health Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

⁵ Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland