COVID-19 vaccine rumors and conspiracy theories: The need for cognitive inoculation against misinformation to improve vaccine adherence

• Md Saiful Islam ,

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

  * E-mail: saiful@icddrb.org

  Current address: School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia

  Affiliations Infectious Diseases Division, Program for Emerging Infections, International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh, School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5690-5971

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• Abu-Hena Mostofa Kamal,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh, Department of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2529-3685

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• Alamgir Kabir,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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• Dorothy L. Southern,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Independent Scientific Writing Consultant, Mandalay, Myanmar

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• Sazzad Hossain Khan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Program for Emerging Infections, International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• S. M. Murshid Hasan,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Society and Health, Mahidol University, Salaya, Thailand

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• Tonmoy Sarkar,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Program for Emerging Infections, International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Shayla Sharmin,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Independent Researcher, Sydney, Australia

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• Shiuli Das,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Program for Emerging Infections, International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Tuhin Roy,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sociology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

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• Md Golam Dostogir Harun,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Program for Emerging Infections, International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Abrar Ahmad Chughtai,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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• Nusrat Homaira,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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• Holly Seale

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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