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Twitter Vs. Zika—The Role Of Social Media In Epidemic Outbreaks Surveillance, Mohamed Abouzahra, Joseph Tan
Twitter Vs. Zika—The Role Of Social Media In Epidemic Outbreaks Surveillance, Mohamed Abouzahra, Joseph Tan
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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 track and predict Zika virus.
Methods: We collected 67,0 0 0 tweets in English and Spanish under the hashtag #Zikavirus and #Zika in the period from October 1st , 2015 to …