title: How people react to Zika virus outbreaks on Twitter? A computational content analysis.
abstract: Zika-related Twitter incidence peaked after the World Health Organization declared an emergency. Five themes were identified from Zika-related Twitter content: (1) societal impact of the outbreak; (2) government, public and private sector, and general public responses to the outbreak; (3) pregnancy and microcephaly: negative health consequences related to pregnant women and babies; (4) transmission routes; and (5) case reports. User-generated contents sites were preferred direct information channels rather than those of the government authorities.
authors: Journalism and Media Studies Centre, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors: King-Wa
authors: KW
authors: Fu
authors: Journalism and Media Studies Centre, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors: Hai
authors: H
authors: Liang
authors: Department of Computer Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
authors: Nitin
authors: N
authors: Saroha
authors: College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
authors: Zion Tsz Ho
authors: ZTH
authors: Tse
authors: Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Ip
authors: Department of Epidemiology, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA. Electronic address: cfung@georgiasouthern.edu.
authors: Isaac Chun-Hai
authors: IC
authors: Fung
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D011639:Public Opinion; D061108:Social Media; D000071243:Zika Virus Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Health communication; Zika virus disease; pregnancy complications; public response; social media