TY - JOUR
T1 - Social media
T2 - A new tool for outbreak surveillance
AU - Wilson, Averi E.
AU - Lehmann, Christoph U.
AU - Saleh, Sameh N.
AU - Hanna, John
AU - Medford, Richard J.
N1 - Funding Information:
R.J.M. has received grant funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and research funding from Verily Life Sciences and the Sergey Brin Family Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
PY - 2021/11/17
Y1 - 2021/11/17
N2 - Social media platforms allow users to share news, ideas, thoughts, and opinions on a global scale. Data processing methods allow researchers to automate the collection and interpretation of social media posts for efficient and valuable disease surveillance. Data derived from social media and internet search trends have been used successfully for monitoring and forecasting disease outbreaks such as Zika, Dengue, MERS, and Ebola viruses. More recently, data derived from social media have been used to monitor and model disease incidence during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We discuss the use of social media for disease surveillance.
AB - Social media platforms allow users to share news, ideas, thoughts, and opinions on a global scale. Data processing methods allow researchers to automate the collection and interpretation of social media posts for efficient and valuable disease surveillance. Data derived from social media and internet search trends have been used successfully for monitoring and forecasting disease outbreaks such as Zika, Dengue, MERS, and Ebola viruses. More recently, data derived from social media have been used to monitor and model disease incidence during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We discuss the use of social media for disease surveillance.
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U2 - 10.1017/ash.2021.225
DO - 10.1017/ash.2021.225
M3 - Review article
C2 - 36168466
AN - SCOPUS:85129829378
SN - 2732-494X
VL - 1
JO - Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology
JF - Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology
IS - 1
M1 - e50
ER -