High correlation of Middle East respiratory syndrome spread with Google search and Twitter trends in Korea

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Shin, Soo Yong ^a   Seo, Dong Woo ^b   An, Jisun ^c   Kwak, Haewoon ^c   Kim, Sung Han ^b   Gwack, Jin ^d   Jo, Min Woo ^b  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c QATAR COMPUTING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Qatar)

^d Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PREVALENCE; QUARANTINE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOUTH KOREA; TRANSMISSION; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; WEB BROWSER;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PREVALENCE; QUARANTINE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL MEDIA; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 84986328032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep32920     Document Type: Article

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