Travelers’ Actual and Subjective Knowledge about Risk for Ebola Virus Disease

To determine travelers’ actual and subjective knowledge about risk for Ebola virus disease, we surveyed travelers from France. Actual knowledge did not prevent irrational perceptions or promote safe behavior. Rather, readiness to adopt protective behavior depended on subjective knowledge and overcon...

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Autores principales: Régner, Isabelle, Ianos, Oana Elena, Shajrawi, Loucy, Brouqui, Philippe, Gautret, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6106432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30124406
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.171343
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spelling pubmed-61064322018-09-01 Travelers’ Actual and Subjective Knowledge about Risk for Ebola Virus Disease Régner, Isabelle Ianos, Oana Elena Shajrawi, Loucy Brouqui, Philippe Gautret, Philippe Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter To determine travelers’ actual and subjective knowledge about risk for Ebola virus disease, we surveyed travelers from France. Actual knowledge did not prevent irrational perceptions or promote safe behavior. Rather, readiness to adopt protective behavior depended on subjective knowledge and overconfidence in ability to self-protect. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6106432/ /pubmed/30124406 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.171343 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title_full Travelers’ Actual and Subjective Knowledge about Risk for Ebola Virus Disease
title_fullStr Travelers’ Actual and Subjective Knowledge about Risk for Ebola Virus Disease
title_full_unstemmed Travelers’ Actual and Subjective Knowledge about Risk for Ebola Virus Disease
title_short Travelers’ Actual and Subjective Knowledge about Risk for Ebola Virus Disease
title_sort travelers’ actual and subjective knowledge about risk for ebola virus disease
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6106432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30124406
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.171343
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