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The Reliability of Tweets as a Supplementary Method of Seasonal Influenza Surveillance

The Reliability of Tweets as a Supplementary Method of Seasonal Influenza Surveillance

The Reliability of Tweets as a Supplementary Method of Seasonal Influenza Surveillance

Authors of this article:

Anoshé A Aslam1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ming-Hsiang Tsou2 Author Orcid Image ;   Brian H Spitzberg3 Author Orcid Image ;   Li An2 Author Orcid Image ;   J Mark Gawron4 Author Orcid Image ;   Dipak K Gupta5 Author Orcid Image ;   K Michael Peddecord1 Author Orcid Image ;   Anna C Nagel1 Author Orcid Image ;   Christopher Allen2 Author Orcid Image ;   Jiue-An Yang2 Author Orcid Image ;   Suzanne Lindsay1 Author Orcid Image
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