Is the Saudi public aware of Middle East respiratory syndrome?

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 259-266

  Al Mohrej, Omar A ^a   Al Shirian, Sarah D ^a   Al Otaibi, Salman K ^a   Tamim, Hani M ^b   Masuadi, Emad M ^a   Fakhoury, Hana M ^c  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; MERS; Public awareness; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HAND SANITIZER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BAT; CAMEL; CHILD; CORONAVIRIDAE INFECTION; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC AWARENESS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SNEEZING; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962593753     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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