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Background: Zika virus is an infective agent of significant Public Health importance, which re-emerged in 2015. It is transmitted through mosquito bite, and associated with microcephaly and some other neurological malformations in some babies of infected mothers. Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess the age-related pattern of the a...
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... the different age groups of ten years each, respondents belonging to age groups 20 -29 years, 30 -39 years, and 40 -49 years; recorded very close awareness percentage scores of 61.1%, 63.4%, and 61.9% respectively. These scores also are not remarkably different from the overall awareness score of 61.7%, since 94.1% of all the respondents fell into those aged 20 to 49 years [ Table 2]. The highest percentage of respondents that heard about Zika virus got the information through the television (36.1%), with most of those aged 39 years and above accessing the information through the television, while most of those that were 40 years and above got the information through the radio [ Table 3]. ...Similar publications
A cross-sectional survey was conducted to assess the knowledge and practices on Zika virus infection among general adults in Brunei Darussalam. From February to June 2017, 439 adults were interviewed from outpatient health care settings. Most participants were Malays (87.0%) and females (61.5%), with a mean age of 40.7 years. Only 25.1% had a total...
