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Descriptor English: Infodemic
Descriptor Spanish: Infodemia
Descriptor infodemia
Scope note: Término que habitualmente hace referencia a una difusión rápida y de gran alcance de información tanto precisa como inexacta sobre algo, como una enfermedad. A medida que los datos, los rumores y los temores se mezclan y dispersan, resulta difícil obtener información esencial sobre un problema. (Traducción libre del original: Diccionario Merriam Webster).
Descriptor Portuguese: Infodemia
Descriptor French: Infodémie
Entry term(s): Infodemics
Tree number(s): L01.143.443.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000089102
Scope note: Typically refers to a rapid and far-reaching spread of both accurate and inaccurate information about something, such as a disease. As facts, rumors, and fears mix and disperse, it becomes difficult to learn essential information about an issue. (from Merriam Webster Dictionary)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Public MeSH Note: 2022
History Note: 2022
DeCS ID: 59716
Unique ID: D000089102
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Date Established: 2022/01/01
Date of Entry: 2021/07/09
Revision Date: 2021/07/06
Infodemic - Preferred
Concept UI M000743107
Scope note Typically refers to a rapid and far-reaching spread of both accurate and inaccurate information about something, such as a disease. As facts, rumors, and fears mix and disperse, it becomes difficult to learn essential information about an issue. (from Merriam Webster Dictionary)
Preferred term Infodemic
Entry term(s) Infodemics



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