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. 2019 May 23;14(5):e0216922. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216922

Table 3. The top words representing 14 topics (labeled manually) aligned across three languages.

The numbers in parentheses after each language indicate the overall topic proportion (i.e., the average value of θk across documents in that language, where a higher value means it appears more in the corpus). The rank correlation (ρ) with per-country incidence rates is shown after each topic number.

Conspiracy
Theories
Topic 1 (ρ = .154)
en (.016)
es (.023)
pt (.011)
bill conspiracy gates foundation rockefeller fear media theories people vaccine mosquitoes hoax
rockefeller casos vía dengue mosquito alerta patentado embarazadas monsanto fundación país
pra dengue só gente tá brasil microcefalia mundo vou rockefeller nao nois sai to conspiração
Environmental
Concerns
Topic 4 (ρ = .145)
en (.045)
es (.023)
pt (.012)
mosquitoes spraying genetically fight millions modified bees south florida mosquitos spray
mosquitos combatir casos millones brasil mosquito genéticamente vía modificados transgénicos
mosquitos mosquito dengue combater só brasil milhões pra cara q tá chikungunya
Negative
Effects
Topic 10 (ρ = .213)
en (.026)
es (.056)
pt (.068)
microcephaly cases linked link syndrome study guillain disorder barre evidence colombia
guillain barré casos síndrome microcefalia oms barre relación colombia estudio confirma
casos microcefalia síndrome suspeitos guillain barré colômbia confirma saúde registra doença
Viral Testing
Topic 12
es (.030)
(ρ = .055)
en (.034)
pt (.050)
blood test fda testing urine donations emergency saliva florida supply screening donated areas
sangre prueba brasil orina saliva salud dengue pruebas detectar casos vía donaciones
teste saúde sangue saliva fiocruz planos testes rápido urina dengue diagnóstico exames brasil
Mosquito
Advisories
Topic 21 (ρ = .178)
en (.015)
es (.014)
pt (.007)
mosquito repellent bug spray insect protect prevent bites mosquitoes repellents news deet
mosquito repelente casos mosquitos vía repelentes embarazadas prevenir dengue by evitar auto
mosquito q repelente pra to tá ta dengue vc gente vou brasil deus pq proteger repelentes mlk
Olympics
Topic 25
(ρ = −.066)
en (.051)
es (.052)
pt (.041)
rio olympics fears olympic games concerns due mcilroy rory athletes day world golfer janeiro
juegos olímpicos río rio janeiro brasil atletas temor oms miedo riesgo olímpico vía mundo
rio jogos olimpíadas olímpicos atletas medo olimpíada brasil causa janeiro olímpico mundo
Research
Topic 28
(ρ = .19)
en (.036)
es (.040)
pt (.055)
brain study infection cells fetal damage microcephaly babies scientists researchers brains adult
estudio científicos feto cerebral cerebro células infección casos investigadores descubren causar
estudo cientistas microcefalia pesquisa cérebro bebês pesquisadores infecção brasil células
Vaccination
Topic 32
(ρ = .135)
en (.037)
es (.033)
pt (.026)
vaccine trials human vaccines scientists develop race testing news development biotech research
vacuna humanos vacunas dengue pruebas año brasil vía prueba ensayos salud ee oms casos
vacina mim pra q brasil mina eua mó humanos vacinas testes fita tava deu instituto cientistas
US Politics
Topic 34
(ρ = .013)
en (.070)
es (.020)
pt (.017)
bill funding senate gop house congress democrats planned parenthood pass republicans dems
congreso obama combatir millones fondos casa pide lucha dólares casos senado financiación
combater congresso us milhões financiamento casa obama eua combate governo pede dinheiro
Reproductive
Health
Topic 38 (ρ = .088)
en (.029)
es (.032)
pt (.028)
abortion women pope contraception latin america birth crisis countries access rights control
aborto mujeres países onu anticonceptivos papa américa afectados acceso pide vía casos latina
aborto mulheres grávidas onu países américa epidemia papa q brasil defende latina pra
Microcephaly
Topic 39
(ρ = .146)
en (.055)
es (.036)
pt (.015)
birth defects born baby microcephaly linked babies defect related link brazil brain cdc severe
microcefalia bebé bebés nace nacimiento defectos mujer españa recién luz madre causa nacido
microcefalia bebês bebê brasil pra mãe causa só defeitos nascimento q ta to confirma eua
Florida
Outbreak
Topic 41 (ρ = .189)
en (.034)
es (.013)
pt (.008)
miami florida beach cases scott gov local county dade rick travel officials zone area governor
miami florida casos mosquitos beach salud unidos transmisión gobernador cdc zona
casos miami saúde flórida eua mosquitos transmissão caso estados mosquito florida
Advisories
Topic 45
(ρ = .355)
en (.029)
es (.026)
pt (.036)
pregnant women travel areas cdc avoid affected countries sex pregnancy airlines latin hit
mujeres embarazadas zonas sexo recomienda países oms cdc evitar viajar seguro unidos viajes
mulheres grávidas eua oms países américa evitar saúde sexo cdc áreas gravidez latina brasil
Emergency
Declaration
Topic 48 (ρ = .203)
en (.037)
es (.067)
pt (.042)
health emergency world public global organization declares international declared spread
emergencia oms salud mundial declara sanitaria internacional organización global pública
saúde oms emergência mundial organização global pública declara alerta brasil internacional