Coughing, sneezing, and aching online: Twitter and the volume of influenza-like illness in a pediatric hospital.

This study investigates the relation of the incidence of georeferenced tweets related to respiratory illness to the incidence of influenza-like illness (ILI) in the emergency department (ED) and urgent care clinics (UCCs) of a large pediatric hospital. We collected (1) tweets in English originating...

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Main Authors: David M Hartley, Courtney M Giannini, Stephanie Wilson, Ophir Frieder, Peter A Margolis, Uma R Kotagal, Denise L White, Beverly L Connelly, Derek S Wheeler, Dawit G Tadesse, Maurizio Macaluso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5533314?pdf=render