Mining the Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients in China: Analysis of Social Media Posts

• Main Authors: Huang, Chunmei (Author), Xu, Xinjie (Author), Cai, Yuyang (Author), Ge, Qinmin (Author), Zeng, Guangwang (Author), Li, Xiaopan (Author), Zhang, Weide (Author), Ji, Chen (Author), Yang, Ling (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundIn December 2019, pneumonia cases of unknown origin were reported in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. Identified as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the number of cases grew rapidly by human-to-human transmission in Wuhan. Social media, especially Sina Weibo (a major Chinese microblog...