RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Virtual plagues and real-world pandemics: reflecting on the potential for online computer role-playing games to inform real world epidemic research
JF Medical Humanities
JO J Med Humanit
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 115
OP 118
DO 10.1136/medhum-2012-010299
VO 39
IS 2
A1 Stuart Oultram
YR 2013
UL http://mh.bmj.com/content/39/2/115.abstract
AB In the wake of the Corrupted Blood incident, which afflicted the massively multiplayer online computer role-playing game World of Warcraft in 2005, it has been suggested that both, the incident itself and massively multiplayer online computer role-playing games in general, can be utilised to inform and assist real-world epidemic and public health research. In this paper, I engage critically with these claims.