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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

A Cross-Sectional Study to Assess Knowledge of COVID-19 among Undergraduate Students in North-Central Ecuador.

David Ortega-Paredes, César Marcelo Larrea-Álvarez, Santiago Isaac Jijón, Karen Loaiza, Miroslava Anna Šefcová, Gabriel Molina-Cuasapaz, Pedro Barba, Christian Vinueza-Burgos, Esteban Fernandez-Moreira, Hégira Ramírez and 1 more

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

David Ortega-ParedesUnidad de Investigación de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Alimentos y Resistencia a los Antimicrobianos (UNIETAR), Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito 170129, Ecuador.
César Marcelo Larrea-ÁlvarezResearch Unit Life Science Initiative (LSI), Quito 170102, Ecuador.
Santiago Isaac JijónSchool of Biological Science and Engineering, Yachay-Tech University, Hacienda San José, Urcuquí 100650, Ecuador.
Karen LoaizaResearch Unit Life Science Initiative (LSI), Quito 170102, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-4282-1152
Miroslava Anna ŠefcováResearch Unit Life Science Initiative (LSI), Quito 170102, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0001-5650-3887
Gabriel Molina-CuasapazFacultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Recursos Naturales, Carrera de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi, Latacunga 050101, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-1597-5957
Pedro BarbaCarrera de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ingeniería en Ciencias Agropecuarias y Ambientales, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ibarra 100105, Ecuador.
Christian Vinueza-BurgosUnidad de Investigación de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Alimentos y Resistencia a los Antimicrobianos (UNIETAR), Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito 170129, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-4893-502X
Esteban Fernandez-MoreiraFacultad de Ciencias Médicas Enrique Ortega Moreira, Carrera de Medicina, Universidad Espíritu Santo, Km 2.5 vía Samborondón 0901952, Ecuador.
Hégira RamírezEscuela de Medicina, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito 170517, Ecuador.
Marco Larrea-ÁlvarezSchool of Biological Science and Engineering, Yachay-Tech University, Hacienda San José, Urcuquí 100650, Ecuador.
Millennium Science Initiative · CLCentral University of Ecuador · ECUniversidad Yachay Tech · ECUniversidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo · ECUniversidad de Las Américas · ECUniversidad Técnica de Cotopaxi · ECUniversidad Técnica del Norte · EC

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adherence to preventive measures is influenced by people's knowledge, attitudes and practices towards a disease; therefore, assessing knowledge of COVID-19 is critical in the overall effort to contain the outbreak. This cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduates (

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COVID-19Cross-Sectional StudiesEcuadorHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansSARS-CoV-2StudentsSurveys and QuestionnairesawarenessCOVID-19EcuadorknowledgeSARS-CoV-2 virusundergraduate students

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PMID34444455
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