The Reliability of Tweets as a Supplementary Method of Seasonal Influenza Surveillance

• Main Authors: Aslam, Anoshé A (Author), Tsou, Ming-Hsiang (Author), Spitzberg, Brian H (Author), An, Li (Author), Gawron, J Mark (Author), Gupta, Dipak K (Author), Peddecord, K Michael (Author), Nagel, Anna C (Author), Allen, Christopher (Author), Yang, Jiue-An (Author), Lindsay, Suzanne (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundExisting influenza surveillance in the United States is focused on the collection of data from sentinel physicians and hospitals; however, the compilation and distribution of reports are usually delayed by up to 2 weeks. With the popularity of social media growing, the Internet is a source...