Erratum: Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding dengue fever among the healthy population of highland and lowland communities in central Nepal (PLoS ONE (2014) 9:7 (e102028). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102028);Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding dengue fever among the healthy population of highland and lowland communities in Central Nepal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Dhimal, Meghnath ^a,b,c   Aryal, Krishna Kumar ^a   Dhimal, Mandira Lamichhane ^b,c   Gautam, Ishan ^d   Singh, Shanker Pratap ^a   Bhusal, Chop Lal ^a,e   Kuch, Ulrich ^b,c  

^a Norway   (Nepal)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^e TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NEPAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904038865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110605     Document Type: Erratum

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