What are people tweeting about zika? an exploratory study concerning its symptoms, treatment, transmission, and prevention

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Miller, Michele ^a   Banerjee, Tanvi ^b   Muppalla, Roopteja ^b   Romine, William ^a   Sheth, Amit ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wright State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Machine learning; Social media; Viruses

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045831651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23692960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/publichealth.7157     Document Type: Article

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