Assessing cyber-user awareness of an emerging infectious disease: Evidence from human infections with avian influenza A H7N9 in Zhejiang, China

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 34-36

  Liu, Biyao ^a   Wang, Zhen ^a   Qi, Xiaohua ^a   Zhang, Xingqin ^b   Chen, Huiping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b West Lake Scenic Area Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Cyber user awareness; Emerging infectious disease; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BAIDU INDEX; CHINA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H7N9); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS MEDIUM; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET;

EID: 84944682428     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.09.017     Document Type: Article

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