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What makes people talk about Ebola on social media? A retrospective analysis of Twitter use

TRAVEL MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE (2015)

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TRAVEL MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 100-101

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD

DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.11.004

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Ebola; Social media; Twitter; Internet 2.0; Travel medicine

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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Infectious Diseases

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