Outbreaks of publications about emerging infectious diseases: the case of SARS-CoV-2 and Zika virus.

Aziz Mert IpekciDiana Buitrago-GarciaKaspar Walter MeiliFabienne KrauerNirmala PrajapatiShabnam ThapaLea WildisenLucia Araujo-ChaveronLukas BaumannSanam ShahTessa WhiteleyGonzalo Solís-GarcíaFoteini TsotraIvan ZhelyazkovHira ImeriNicola LowMichel Jacques Counotte

Published in: BMC medical research methodology (2021)

Similarities in the overall pattern of publications might be generalizable, whereas differences are compatible with differences in the characteristics of a disease. Understanding how evidence accumulates during disease outbreaks helps us understand which types of public health questions we can answer and when.

Keyphrases

infectious diseases
zika virus
public health
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dengue virus
aedes aegypti
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
coronavirus disease