Knowledge, attitude and practices among Healthcare Workers towards Pulmonary Plague Infection following an outbreak in Madagascar, 2017: A pilot study
Despite the good overall knowledge, specific knowledge gaps and the mismatch between knowledge and practice of basic hygiene measures and low confidence in providing care for PP cases after the outbreak indicate a persisting need for training.
Authors
- Lynn Meurs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6973-1237)
- Alexandre Délamou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9397-7106)
- Inessa Markus
- Delphin Kolié (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4705-0964)
- Rebekah Wood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6667-082X)
- Jan Walter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2247-5560)
- Matthias Borchert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3053-9852)
- Vaoary Razafimbia
- Thomas Paerisch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3658-623X)
- Rapelerano Rabenja Fahafahantsoa
- Andrianasolo Radonirina
Institutions
- University of Antananarivo (MG)
- Robert Koch Institute (DE)
- Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry (GN)
- Ministère De La Santé (BF)
- Ministère de la Santé Publique (NE)
- Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (GN)
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-12-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0336589
- Primary Topic
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00