COVID-19 misinformation: Mere harmless delusions or much more? A knowledge and attitude cross-sectional study among the general public residing in Jordan

• Malik Sallam ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: malik.sallam@ju.edu.jo

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, Department of Clinical Laboratories and Forensic Medicine, Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan, Department of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0165-9670

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• Deema Dababseh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

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• Alaa Yaseen,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

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• Ayat Al-Haidar,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

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• Duaa Taim,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

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• Huda Eid,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

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• Nidaa A. Ababneh,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cell Therapy Center (CTC), The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

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• Faris G. Bakri,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, Department of Internal Medicine, Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan, Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Center, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

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• Azmi Mahafzah

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, Department of Clinical Laboratories and Forensic Medicine, Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan

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