ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2022
When a Neglected Tropical Disease Goes Global: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Italian Physicians towards Monkeypox, Preliminary Results.
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- Mpox vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Assessment of knowledge and awareness of monkeypox viral infection in Palestine: a community-based study.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward Mpox among laboratory professionals in Zambia: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Mitigating the surge of mpox in Africa: capacity building through public outreach, sample and case management training for healthcare workers and veterinarians.The Pan African medical journal · 2025Article
- Assessment of knowledge and attitude of healthcare professionals towards Mpox in a Nigerian hospital.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Knowledge of Human Monkeypox Virus Infection among Healthcare Providers and Associated Factors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
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Abstract
Monkeypox (MPX) has been regarded as a neglected tropic disease of Western and Central Africa since the early 70s. However, during May 2022, an unprecedent outbreak of MPX has involved most of European Countries, as well as North and South America. While the actual extent of this outbreak is being assessed by health authorities, we performed a pilot study on specific knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) in a sample of Italian medical professionals (24-30 May 2022; 10,293 potential recipients), focusing on Occupational Physicians (OP), Public Health Professionals (PH), and General Practitioners (GP), i.e., medical professionals more likely involved in the early management of incident cases. More specifically, we inquired into their attitude on the use of variola vaccine in order to prevent MPX infection. From a total of 566 questionnaire (response rate of 5.5%), 163 participants were included in the final analyses. Knowledge status was quite unsatisfying, with substantial knowledge gaps on all aspect of MPX. In turn, analysis of risk perception suggested a substantial overlooking of MPX as a pathogen, particularly when compared to SARS-CoV-2, TB, HIV, and HBV. Overall, 58.6% of respondents were somehow favorable to implement variola vaccination in order to prevent MPX, and the main effectors of this attitude were identified in having been previously vaccinated against seasonal influenza (adjusted Odds Ratio [aOR] 6.443, 95% Confidence Interval [95%CI] 1.798-23.093), and being favorable to receive variola vaccine (aOR 21.416; 95%CI 7.290-62.914). In summary, the significant extent of knowledge gaps and the erratic risk perception, associated collectively stress the importance of appropriate information campaigns among first-line medical professionals.
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