id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-002184-964tbh7d Liu, Kui Chinese Public Attention to the Outbreak of Ebola in West Africa: Evidence from the Online Big Data Platform 2016-08-03 .txt text/plain 4770 234 51 This study aimed to investigate and evaluate the public reaction to Ebola in China and identify the primitive correlation between possible influence factors caused by the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa and Chinese public attention via Internet surveillance. To understand the public reaction in China to the outbreak of EVD in West Africa, we carried out an innovative network digital epidemiologic study based on the online data retrieved from 20 July to 4 September in 2014, in which the epidemics had aroused significant attention and reaction in China. This paper reported the use of BDI and SMI to identify the Chinese public's reaction to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa from 20 July to 4 September in 2014. This digital epidemiologic study suggested that online surveillance reflected significant attention in the Chinese population to the Ebola outbreak, and that BDI and SMI were rapid and efficient in identifying and evaluating public reactions. ./cache/cord-002184-964tbh7d.txt ./txt/cord-002184-964tbh7d.txt