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Table 1 Keywords used in Weibo post search of which the results were kept in the final analysis of this study

From: Chinese social media reaction to the MERS-CoV and avian influenza A(H7N9) outbreaks

Keywords

Transliteration in English under the Hanyu Pinyin system

Description

禽流感*

qín liúgǎn

Avian Influenza (Avian Flu)

H7N9

N/A

H7N9 refers to the type of hemagglutinin and neuraminidase of the influenza strain. This is used as part of the standard nomenclature of influenza strain

SARS

N/A

The acronym for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

沙士

sà sī

The phonetic transliteration of SARS

冠状病毒

guàn zhuàng bìng dú

Coronavirus

  1. *流感 (liúgǎn; flu) is the short form of 流行性感冒 (liú xíng xìng gǎn mào; influenza), just like flu is the short form for influenza in English.