The complex relationship of realspace events and messages in cyberspace: Case study of influenza and pertussis using tweets

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Nagel, Anna C ^a   Tsou, Ming Hsiang ^a   Spitzberg, Brian H ^a   An, Li ^a   Gawron, J Mark ^a   Gupta, Dipak K ^a   Yang, Jiue An ^a   Han, Su ^a   Peddecord, K Michael ^a   Lindsay, Suzanne ^a   Sawyer, Mark H ^b,c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyberspace; Influenza; Infodemiology; Infoveillance; Pertussis; Syndromic surveillance; Twitter; Whooping cough

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYBERSPACE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFODEMIOLOGY; INFOVEILLANCE; INTERNET; PERTUSSIS; SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE; TWITTER;

CYBERSPACE; INFLUENZA; INFODEMIOLOGY; INFOVEILLANCE; PERTUSSIS; SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE; TWITTER; WHOOPING COUGH;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 84887933657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2705     Document Type: Article

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