How people react to Zika virus outbreaks on Twitter? A computational content analysis

King Wa Fu; Hai Liang; Nitin Saroha; Zion Tsz Ho Tse; Patrick Ip; Isaac Chun Hai Fung

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.04.253

How people react to Zika virus outbreaks on Twitter? A computational content analysis

King Wa Fu
, Hai Liang
, Nitin Saroha
, Zion Tsz Ho Tse
, Patrick Ip
, Isaac Chun Hai Fung

Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences

The University of Hong Kong
University of Georgia School of Computing
College of Engineering, University of Georgia

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Abstract

Zika-related Twitter incidence peaked after the World Health Organization declared an emergency. Five themes were identified from Zika-related Twitter content: (1) societal impact of the outbreak; (2) government, public and private sector, and general public responses to the outbreak; (3) pregnancy and microcephaly: negative health consequences related to pregnant women and babies; (4) transmission routes; and (5) case reports. User-generated contents sites were preferred direct information channels rather than those of the government authorities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1700-1702
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	44
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2016.04.253
State	Published - Dec 1 2016

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Epidemiology
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

Keywords

Health communication
Zika virus disease
pregnancy complications
public response
social media

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How people react to Zika virus outbreaks on Twitter? A computational content analysis

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