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JMIR Theme Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue (2452) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1349) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1041) Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness and Management (1727) Theme Issue: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak Rapid Reports (1517)

Published on in Vol 22, No 8 (2020): August

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/21143, first published .
Cross-Country Comparison of Public Awareness, Rumors, and Behavioral Responses to the COVID-19 Epidemic: Infodemiology Study

Cross-Country Comparison of Public Awareness, Rumors, and Behavioral Responses to the COVID-19 Epidemic: Infodemiology Study

Cross-Country Comparison of Public Awareness, Rumors, and Behavioral Responses to the COVID-19 Epidemic: Infodemiology Study

Authors of this article:

Zhiyuan Hou1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Fanxing Du1 Author Orcid Image ;   Xinyu Zhou1 Author Orcid Image ;   Hao Jiang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Sam Martin3 Author Orcid Image ;   Heidi Larson4, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Leesa Lin4 Author Orcid Image
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