Epidemiologia

Social Media May Be Useful in Predicting Epidemics

Trends in the volume of cases reported early through informal sources — such as the HealthMap news media and Twitter — correlated well with officially reported case data in an analysis of the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti, new research suggests. It is the first study to demonstrate the use of informal social and news media "to gain early insight into an evolving epidemic."
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