Ebola virus disease and social media: A systematic review

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1660-1671

  Fung, Isaac Chun Hai ^a   Duke, Carmen Hope ^a   Finch, Kathryn Cameron ^a   Snook, Kassandra Renee ^a   Tseng, Pei Ling ^a   Hernandez, Ana Cristina ^a   Gambhir, Manoj ^b   Fu, King Wa ^c   Tse, Zion Tsz Ho ^d  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Health communication; Public health; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

CODING ALGORITHM; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DATA MINING; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIDEORECORDING; PUBLIC OPINION;

HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84978792842     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.05.011     Document Type: Review

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