Journal article
Twitter vs. Zika—The role of social media in epidemic outbreaks surveillance
Abstract
Objective The risk of global epidemic outbreaks led to the development of epidemic tracking services dedicated to track and warn against them. Despite the usefulness of these services, they suffer from shortcomings that impact their efficiency. This study examines the efficacy of social media in epidemic outbreak surveillance by studying Twitter users’ behavior related to the Zika virus outbreak in 2015–2016 and how this behavior can be used to …
Authors
Abouzahra M; Tan J
Journal
Health Policy and Technology, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 174–181
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2021
DOI
10.1016/j.hlpt.2020.10.014
ISSN
2211-8837