How has the flu virus infected the Web? 2010 influenza and vaccine information available on the Internet

Conclusions: We found that the majority of the websites providing information on flu vaccination were pro/neutral and gave sufficient information. We suggest that antivaccinationist information may have been spread by a different route, such as via Web 2.0 tools, which may be more prone to the dissemination of "viral" information.The page ranking analysis revealed the crucial role of search engines regarding access to information on the Internet.
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