Inclusion of environmentally themed search terms improves Elastic net regression nowcasts of regional Lyme disease rates

Eric Kontowicz; Grant Brown; James Torner; Margaret Carrel; Kelly K. Baker; Christine A. Petersen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0251165

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Inclusion of environmentally themed search terms improves Elastic net regression nowcasts of regional Lyme disease rates

Eric Kontowicz,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Iowa Research Park, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America
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Grant Brown,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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James Torner,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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Margaret Carrel,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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Kelly K. Baker,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States of America
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Christine A. Petersen

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: christine-petersen@uiowa.edu

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Iowa Research Park, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America, Immunology Program, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7285-4254

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Inclusion of environmentally themed search terms improves Elastic net regression nowcasts of regional Lyme disease rates

Eric Kontowicz,
Grant Brown,
James Torner,
Margaret Carrel,
Kelly K. Baker,
Christine A. Petersen

Published: March 10, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251165
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