Efficient use of social media during the avian influenza A(H7N9) emergency response

Authors

  • Isaac Chun-Hai Fung Health Economics and Modeling Unit, Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America; Department of Epidemiology, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, United States of America
  • Karen K. Wong Epidemic Intelligence Service assigned to Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2013.4.3.005

Abstract

We describe how CDC epidemiologists used social media to follow official outbreak information released by WHO and China during the H7N9 outbreak. We discuss why Twitter and weibo are useful tools for epidemiologists in emergency response.

Author Biographies

Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Health Economics and Modeling Unit, Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America; Department of Epidemiology, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, United States of America

Dr. Fung was formerly a Prevention Effectiveness Fellow at the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Georgia Southern University Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health.

 

Karen K. Wong, Epidemic Intelligence Service assigned to Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Dr. Wong is an epidemiologist at the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.

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Published

31-10-2013

How to Cite

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Fung IC-H, Wong KK. Efficient use of social media during the avian influenza A(H7N9) emergency response. Western Pac Surveill Response J [Internet]. 2013 Oct. 31 [cited 2024 Apr. 29];4(4). Available from: https://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/217

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 4 (2013): October – December

Section

Perspective

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