Zika virus pandemic—analysis of Facebook as a social media health information platform

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 301-302

  Sharma, Megha ^a   Yadav, Kapil ^b   Yadav, Nitika ^b   Ferdinand, Keith C ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conspiracy theory; Epidemic; Public health; Viral

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MICROCEPHALY; PANDEMIC; SOCIAL MEDIA; ZIKA FEVER; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PANDEMICS; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85006097302     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.08.022     Document Type: Article

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