Monkeypox goes viral: measuring the misinformation outbreak on Twitter

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2022Author(s)
Ortiz-Martínez, Y.
Sarmiento, J.
Bonilla-Aldana, D.K.
Rodríguez-Morales, A.J.
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Dear Editor, Monkeypox has been a global concern since May 2022 because cases have been reported from 19 non-endemic countries across three World Health Organization (WHO) regions. The recent outbreak has sparked international concern, allowing for the dissemination of unregulated information through social media. Previous studies have highlighted the misinformation spread on Twitter (Twitter, Inc., San Francisco, CA) during recent public health emergencies, mainly Ebola, yellow fever, and COVID-19. Therefore, we investigated the quality of monkeypox information on this social networking platform...
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