Leveraging social networking sites for disease surveillance and public sensing: the case of the 2013 avian influenza A(H7N9) outbreak in China

• Main Authors: Emma Xuxiao Zhang (Author), Yinping Yang (Author), Richard Di Shang (Author), Joseph John Pyne Simons (Author), Boon Kiat Quek (Author), Xiao Feng Yin (Author), Wanhan See (Author), Olivia Seen Huey Oh (Author), Khine Sein Tun Nandar (Author), Vivienne Ruo Yun Ling (Author), Pei Pei Chan (Author), Zhaoxia Wang (Author), Rick Siow Mong Goh (Author), Lyn James (Author), Jeannie Su Hui Tey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...