The knowledge, attitude, and prevention practices of students regarding cutaneous leishmaniasis in the hyperendemic region of the Shahid Babaie Airbase

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 306-309

  Saberi, Sedigheh ^a,c   Zamani, Ahmadreza ^a   Motamedi, Neda ^a   Nilforoushzadeh, Mohammad Ail ^b,c,d   Jaffary, Fariba ^b,c   Rahimi, Ezatollah ^e   Hejazi, Seyed Hossein ^a,b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e Shahid Babaie Airbase Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

attitude; cutaneous leishmania; Isfahan; knowledge; practice; Shahid Babaie Airbase

Indexed keywords

AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MOSQUITO NETS; PSYCHODIDAE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS;

PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 84859532186     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0259     Document Type: Article

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