Dissemination and Refutation of Rumors During the COVID-19 Outbreak in China: Infodemiology Study

Bin Chen   ^{1, 2 *} , MD ;   Xinyi Chen   ^{3 *} , MD ;   Jin Pan   ^{4 *} , MD ;   Kui Liu   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Bo Xie   ⁵ , PhD ;   Wei Wang   ¹ , MD ;   Ying Peng   ¹ , MD ;   Fei Wang   ¹ , MD ;   Na Li   ⁶ , MD ;   Jianmin Jiang   ^{1, 7} , MD, PhD

¹ Department of Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China

² School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

³ School of Medicine, Department of Preventative Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China

⁴ Department of Non-communicable Disease Prevention, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China

⁵ School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

⁶ Department of Public Health Emergency Response, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China

⁷ Key Laboratory of Vaccine, Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China

*these authors contributed equally