High correlation of Middle East respiratory syndrome spread with Google search and Twitter trends in Korea

• Main Authors: SHIN, Soo-Yong, SEO, Dong-Woo, AN, Jisun, KWAK, Haewoon, KIM, Sung-Han, GWACK, Jin, JO, Min-Woo
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: Databases and Information Systems; International and Area Studies; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/5327; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/6331/viewcontent/High_correlation_of_Middle_East_respiratory_syndro.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was exported to Korea in 2015, resulting in a threat to neighboring nations. We evaluated the possibility of using a digital surveillance system based on web searches and social media data to monitor this MERS outbreak. We collected the num...