使用历史文本检查流行性伤寒的趋势
1Department of the Natural and Built Environment, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Journal of vector borne diseases
|February 15, 2024
概括
检查单词使用趋势揭示了流行性伤寒的历史模式. "伤寒"的使用增加与工业化和重大冲突相关,在数据稀缺的地方提供了洞察力.
科学领域:
- 历史流行病学 历史流行病学
- 词典写作 词典写作 词典写作
- 公共卫生史 公共卫生史
背景情况:
- 流行性伤寒在欧洲是流行病,但由于受影响人群的记录保存有限,人们对其影响知之甚少.
- 关于伤寒发病率的官方数据往往缺乏,特别是在历史时期和弱势社会经济群体.
研究的目的:
- 调查单词使用频率,特别是术语"伤寒",是否可以作为流行性伤寒模式的代理.
- 分析1800年至2019年英国英语中"伤寒"一词的使用趋势.
主要方法:
- 利用谷歌 Ngram 查看器来追踪英国英语文本中"伤寒"一词的频率.
- 分析了与历史事件,工业化,公共卫生立法和医学进步有关的词语使用趋势.
主要成果:
- 在整个19世纪",伤寒"的词语使用量增加,与工业化相关联.
- 使用在第一次世界大战和第二次世界大战期间达到顶峰,与"冲突"",战争"和"工业"等术语有很强的相关性.
- 使用的转变与公共卫生立法和英国引入抗生素相对应.
结论:
- 单词频率分析可以在传统数据来源不足时阐明疾病发生模式.
- 这项研究证明了语言分析在理解历史性公共卫生挑战 (如流行性伤寒) 中的有用性.
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