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. 2022 Jul 14:67:1605149.
doi: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1605149. eCollection 2022.

Monkeypox Outbreaks in 2022: Battling Another "Pandemic" of Misinformation

Farah Ennab  1 , Faisal A Nawaz  1 , Kapil Narain  2 , Goodluck Nchasi  3 , Mohammad Yasir Essar  4 , Michael G Head  5 , Rajeev K Singla  6   7 , Atanas G Atanasov  8   9 , Bairong Shen  6
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Monkeypox Outbreaks in 2022: Battling Another "Pandemic" of Misinformation

Farah Ennab et al. Int J Public Health. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Monkeypox; infection; infection control; infodemic; outbreak; pandemic.

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Conflict of interest statement

RS has an honorary-based association with the iGlobal Research and Publishing Foundation (iGRPF), New Delhi, India. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Comment in

  • Infodemics in an Era of Pandemics.
    Emery N, Dugerdil A, Flahault A. Emery N, et al. Int J Public Health. 2022 Aug 17;67:1605209. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1605209. eCollection 2022. Int J Public Health. 2022. PMID: 36059583 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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