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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2017

The Understanding of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Among Medical Practitioners of Karachi, Pakistan.

Sadia Shakeel, Wajiha Iffat, Atta Abbas Naqvi, Fouzia Ahmed, Shugufta Usmani, Manahil Mazhar, Ayesha Nisar

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Article in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Sadia ShakeelDow College of Pharmacy, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 75270, Pakistan. sadia.shakeel@duhs.edu.pk.
Wajiha IffatDow College of Pharmacy, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 75270, Pakistan. wajiha.iffat@duhs.edu.pk.
Atta Abbas NaqviDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, College of Clinical Pharmacy, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (University of Dammam), Dammam 31441, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. bg33bd@student.sunderland.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-4848-6807
Fouzia AhmedJinnah University for Women, V ⁻ C, Nazimabad, Karachi 74600, Pakistan. fouzia.ahmed01@gmail.com.
Shugufta UsmaniFaculty of Pharmacy, Hamdard University, Sharae Madinat al-Hikmah, Mohammad Bin Qasim Avenue, Karachi 74600, Pakistan. shagufta_usmani@hotmail.com.
Manahil MazharDow College of Pharmacy, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 75270, Pakistan. manahil_mazhar@hotmail.com.
Ayesha NisarDow College of Pharmacy, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 75270, Pakistan. ayesha.nisar@live.com.
Dow University of Health Sciences · PKHamdard University · PKImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · SAJinnah University for Women · PK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) has acknowledged the large West African Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak to be a community health disaster of global concern, and the spread of disease demands a synchronized response. Medical practitioners have an increased risk of contracting the disease as compared to others as they are directly exposed to patients' blood or fluids. This study evaluated the knowledge of medical practitioners in Karachi regarding EVD. It was descriptive and exploratory in nature and took place over a period of 4 months, i.e., August 2016 to November 2016. The respondents were randomly selected by convenience sampling and surveyed with a 20-item questionnaire. Overall, 403 questionnaires were included in the study and a response rate of 80.6% was achieved. The majority (56.3%) considered themselves to be somewhat knowledgeable; females had more knowledge as compared to male (

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Ebola virus diseasehealthcare practitionersPakistan

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