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Social media and epidemiology: Tweets indicate Norovirus outbreak at a university

DREESMAN Johannes, ECKMANNS Tim, KRIECK Manuela, LINGE Jens, OTRUSINA Lubomír and VELASCO Edward. Norovirus outbreak at an university in Lower Saxony. In: Proceedings of the International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance (IMED 2011). Brookline: International Society for Infectious Diseases, 2011, pp. 1-9.
Czech title
Epidemie noroviru na univerzitě v in Dolním Sasku
Type
conference paper
Language
english
Authors
Dreesman Johannes (NLGA)
Eckmanns Tim (RKI)
Krieck Manuela (NLGA)
Linge Jens (JRC)
Otrusina Lubomír, Ing. (DCGM FIT BUT)
Velasco Edward (RKI)
Keywords

norovirus outbreak, Twitter, Lower Saxony

Abstract

Social media enables people to share information about many aspects of their lives. This includes information about health and well-being as evidenced during a recent community outbreak of Norovirus at a university in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Published
2011
Pages
1-9
Proceedings
Proceedings of the International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance (IMED 2011)
Conference
International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance, Vienna, AT
Publisher
International Society for Infectious Diseases
Place
Brookline, US
BibTeX 
@INPROCEEDINGS{FITPUB9575,
   author = "Johannes Dreesman and Tim Eckmanns and Manuela Krieck and Jens Linge and Lubom\'{i}r Otrusina and Edward Velasco",
   title = "Social media and epidemiology: Tweets indicate Norovirus outbreak at a university",
   pages = "1--9",
   booktitle = "Proceedings of the International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance (IMED 2011)",
   year = 2011,
   location = "Brookline, US",
   publisher = "International Society for Infectious Diseases",
   language = "english",
   url = "https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/9575"
}
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