Public response to MERS-CoV in the Middle East: iPhone survey in six countries

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 534-540

  Alqahtani, Amani S ^a,b   Rashid, Harunor ^a   Basyouni, Mada H ^c   Alhawassi, Tariq M ^c,d   BinDhim, Nasser F ^e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e Saudi Food and Drug Authority   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Camel; Gulf Cooperation Council; Knowledge; MERS CoV; Practices; Public response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BAHRAIN; CAMEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MOBILE APPLICATION; OMAN; PERCEPTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QATAR; RAW MEAT; SAUDI ARABIA; SMARTPHONE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MOBILE PHONE; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CAMELUS; CELL PHONE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85011565076     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2016.11.015     Document Type: Article

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