Published on in Vol 2, No 2 (2022): Jul-Dec

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/38756, first published .
COVID-19 Misinformation Detection: Machine-Learned Solutions to the Infodemic

COVID-19 Misinformation Detection: Machine-Learned Solutions to the Infodemic

COVID-19 Misinformation Detection: Machine-Learned Solutions to the Infodemic

Authors of this article:

Nikhil Kolluri1 Author Orcid Image ;   Yunong Liu2 Author Orcid Image ;   Dhiraj Murthy3 Author Orcid Image

Journals

  1. Brooks I, D’Agostino M, Marti M, McDowell K, Mejia F, Betancourt-Cravioto M, Gatzke L, Hicks E, Kyser R, Leicht K, Pereira dos Santos E, Saw J, Tomio A, Garcia Saiso S. An anti-infodemic virtual center for the Americas. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública 2023;47:1 View
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  1. Devi N, Sharmila K. 2022 11th International Conference on System Modeling & Advancement in Research Trends (SMART). Infodemic Detection on Twitter During Pandemic Situation using LDA Topic Modelling View
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  3. Thombre S, P K. 2025 International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Knowledge Economy (ICCIKE). Advances in Code Review and Bug Detection Using NLP View