Global reaction to the recent outbreaks of Zika virus: Insights from a Big Data analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi ^a   Alicino, Cristiano ^a   Trucchi, Cecilia ^a   Paganino, Chiara ^a   Barberis, Ilaria ^a   Martini, Mariano ^a   Sticchi, Laura ^a,b   Trinka, Eugen ^c,d   Brigo, Francesco ^e,f   Ansaldi, Filippo ^a   Icardi, Giancarlo ^a,b   Orsi, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^e 'F Tappeiner' Hospital   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MICROCEPHALY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOUTH AMERICA; SYMPTOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; PHYSIOLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFORMATICS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERNET; SOCIAL MEDIA; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85029717723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185263     Document Type: Article

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