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Understanding the role of disease knowledge and risk perception in shaping preventive behavior for selected vector-borne diseases in Guyana

BACKGROUND: Individual behavior, particularly choices about prevention, plays a key role in infection transmission of vector-borne diseases (VBDs). Since the actual risk of infection is often uncertain, individual behavior is influenced by the perceived risk. A low risk perception is likely to dimin...

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Autores principales: Aerts, Céline, Revilla, Mélanie, Duval, Laetitia, Paaijmans, Krijn, Chandrabose, Javin, Cox, Horace, Sicuri, Elisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7170267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32251455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008149