作者
Emma Xuxiao Zhang, Yinping Yang, Richard Di Shang, Joseph John Pyne Simons, Boon Kiat Quek, Xiao Feng Yin, Wanhan See, Olivia Seen Huey Oh, Khine Sein Tun Nandar, Vivienne Ruo Yun Ling, Pei Pei Chan, Zhaoxia Wang, Rick Siow Mong Goh, Lyn James, Jeannie Su Hui Tey
发表日期
2015/4
期刊
Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal: WPSAR
卷号
6
期号
2
页码范围
66
出版商
World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific
简介
We conducted in-depth analysis on the use of a popular Chinese social networking and microblogging site, Sina Weibo, to monitor an avian influenza A (H7N9) outbreak in China and to assess the value of social networking sites in the surveillance of disease outbreaks that occur overseas. Two data sets were employed for our analysis: a line listing of confirmed cases obtained from conventional public health information channels and case information from Weibo posts. Our findings showed that the level of activity on Weibo corresponded with the number of new cases reported. In addition, the reporting of new cases on Weibo was significantly faster than those of conventional reporting sites and non-local news media. A qualitative review of the functions of Weibo also revealed that Weibo enabled timely monitoring of other outbreak-relevant information, provided access to additional crowd-sourced epidemiological …
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