Global reaction to the recent outbreaks of Zika virus: Insights from a Big Data analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The recent spreading of Zika virus represents an emerging global health threat. As such, it is attracting public interest worldwide, generating a great amount of related Internet searches and social media interactions. The aim of this research was to understand Zika-related digital behavior throughout the epidemic spreading and to assess its consistence with real-world epidemiological data, using a behavioral informatics and analytics approach.

Methods

In this study, the global web-interest and reaction to the recently occurred outbreaks of the Zika Virus were analyzed in terms of tweets and Google Trends (GT), Google News, YouTube, and Wikipedia search queries. These data streams were mined from 1st January 2004 to 31st October 2016, with a focus on the period Nov

SUBMITTER: Bragazzi NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5608413 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature