Knowledge and risk perception towards Lassa fever infection among residents of affected communities in Ebonyi State, Nigeria: implications for risk communication

BACKGROUND: Lassa fever (LF) is an epidemic-prone zoonotic disease prevalent in Nigeria and Ebonyi State is a high burden area in Nigeria. Low risk perceptions have been reported to prevent appropriate preventive behaviours. We investigated the knowledge and risk perception of residents towards LF a...

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Publicat a:BMC Public Health
Autors principals: Usuwa, Ifeoma Sophia, Akpa, Christian Obasi, Umeokonkwo, Chukwuma David, Umoke, MaryJoy, Oguanuo, Chukwuemeka Steve, Olorukooba, Abdulhakeem Abayomi, Bamgboye, Eniola, Balogun, Muhammad Shakir
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: BioMed Central 2020
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7017500/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32050926
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8299-3
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