Use of Twitter data to improve Zika virus surveillance in the United States during the 2016 epidemic

• Main Authors: Shahir Masri (Author), Jianfeng Jia (Author), Chen Li (Author), Guofa Zhou (Author), Ming-Chieh Lee (Author), Guiyun Yan (Author), Jun Wu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-borne arbovirus that can produce serious public health consequences. In 2016, ZIKV caused an epidemic in many countries around the world, including the United States. ZIKV surveillance and vector control is essential to combating future e...