Health Information–Seeking Patterns of the General Public and Indications for Disease Surveillance: Register-Based Study Using Lyme Disease

Samuli Pesälä   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Mikko J Virtanen   ² , MSc ;   Jussi Sane   ² , PhD ;   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 and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

⁵ Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Research Center, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland