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Eurosurveillance, Volume 20, Issue 38, 24 September 2015
Rapid communication
Knowledge, attitudes and practices concerning Middle East respiratory syndrome among Umrah and Hajj pilgrims in Samsun, Turkey, 2015
MK Sahin [SUP]1[/SUP] , S Aker [SUP]1[/SUP] , E Kaynar Tuncel [SUP]2[/SUP]
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1. Samsun Public Health Directorate, Canik Community Health Center, Samsun, Turkey
2. Samsun Public Health Directorate, Bafra Community Health Center, Samsun, Turkey
Correspondence: Mustafa K?rşat Şahin (m.kursatsahin@yahoo.com)
Citation style for this article: Sahin MK, Aker S, Kaynar Tuncel E. Knowledge, attitudes and practices concerning Middle East respiratory syndrome among Umrah and Hajj pilgrims in Samsun, Turkey, 2015. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(38)
ii=30023. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.38.30023
Received:14 September 2015; Accepted:23 September 2015
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We performed a questionnaire study to determine knowledge, attitudes and practices concerning Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) among people intending to participate in the Hajj or Umrah Muslim pilgrimages. Of the 381 respondents aged between 17 and 85 years, 55% had never heard of MERS, while only one in three knew that it is a respiratory disease. Approximately half were insufficiently informed about protective measures. Prospective pilgrims do not seem prepared to take such precautions.
full article
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=21248
Rapid communication
Knowledge, attitudes and practices concerning Middle East respiratory syndrome among Umrah and Hajj pilgrims in Samsun, Turkey, 2015
MK Sahin [SUP]1[/SUP] , S Aker [SUP]1[/SUP] , E Kaynar Tuncel [SUP]2[/SUP]
+ Author affiliations
1. Samsun Public Health Directorate, Canik Community Health Center, Samsun, Turkey
2. Samsun Public Health Directorate, Bafra Community Health Center, Samsun, Turkey
Correspondence: Mustafa K?rşat Şahin (m.kursatsahin@yahoo.com)
Citation style for this article: Sahin MK, Aker S, Kaynar Tuncel E. Knowledge, attitudes and practices concerning Middle East respiratory syndrome among Umrah and Hajj pilgrims in Samsun, Turkey, 2015. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(38)
ii=30023. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.38.30023Received:14 September 2015; Accepted:23 September 2015
[h=4][/h]
We performed a questionnaire study to determine knowledge, attitudes and practices concerning Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) among people intending to participate in the Hajj or Umrah Muslim pilgrimages. Of the 381 respondents aged between 17 and 85 years, 55% had never heard of MERS, while only one in three knew that it is a respiratory disease. Approximately half were insufficiently informed about protective measures. Prospective pilgrims do not seem prepared to take such precautions.
full article
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=21248