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Understanding the Community Perceptions and Knowledge of Bats and Transmission of Nipah Virus in Bangladesh.
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- Knowledge and attitude among Bangladeshi healthcare workers regarding the management and infection prevention and control of Nipah virus.Journal of virus eradication · 2024Article
- Knowledge, perceptions, and exposure to bats in communities living around bat roosts in Bundibugyo district, Uganda: implications for viral haemorrhagic fever prevention and control.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Investigating the trajectory of post-COVID impairments: a longitudinal study in Sweden.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- A multi-country survey of the socio-demographic factors associated with adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes by residents in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan in connection with bats.Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2022Article
- Land reversion and zoonotic spillover risk.Royal Society open science · 2022Article
- Online survey of university students' perception, awareness and adherence to COVID-19 prevention measures.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Two decades of one health surveillance of Nipah virus in Thailand.One health outlook · 2021Article
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Abstract
Bats are known reservoirs of Nipah virus (NiV) and some filoviruses and also appear likely to harbor the evolutionary progenitors of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). While bats are considered a reservoir of deadly viruses, little is known about people's knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of bat conservation and ecology. The current study aimed to assess community people's knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of bat ecology, myths, and the role of bats in transmitting NiV in Bangladesh. Since 2001, NiV has been a continuous threat to public health with a mortality rate of approximately 70% in Bangladesh. Over the years, many public health interventions have been implemented to raise awareness about bats and the spreading of NiV among the community peoples of Nipah outbreak areas (NOAs) and Nipah non-outbreak areas (NNOAs). We hypothesized that people from both areas might have similar knowledge of bat ecology and myths about bats but different knowledge regarding their role in the spreading of NiV. Using a four-point Likert scale-based questionnaire, our analysis showed that most people lack adequate knowledge regarding the role of bats in maintaining the ecological balance and instead trust their beliefs in different myths about bats. Factor score analysis showed that respondents' gender (
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