Knowledge and attitude towards the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus among healthcare personnel in the southern region of Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 720-722

  Abbag, Huda F ^a   El Mekki, Awad A ^a   Al Bshabshe, Ali A Ali ^a   Mahfouz, Ahmed A ^b   Al Dosry, Ahasen A ^a   Mirdad, Rasha T ^a   AlKhttabi, Nora F ^a   Abbag, Lubna F ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Coronavirus; Healthcare personnel; Knowledge; Middle East respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABATTOIR WORKER; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BAT; CAMEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASON; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85042937809     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2018.02.001     Document Type: Article

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