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 |