One Health • Vol 9
Dengue fever among febrile patients in Taiz City, Yemen during the 2016 war: Clinical manifestations, risk factors, and patients knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward the disease
December 2019 • KhairAlah A. Alghazali, Boon‐Teong Teoh, Sing‐Sin Sam, Juraina Abd‐Jamil, Jefree Johari, Wahib M. Atroosh, Mohammed A. K. Mahdy, Sazaly AbuBakar
The current war in Yemen has displaced millions of people from their homes into living in cramped shelters where the healthcare is limited. The breakdown of Yemen's healthcare and sanitation systems has facilitated the spread of infectious diseases including mosquito-borne diseases. The present study aimed to describe the prevalence of dengue virus (DENV) infection among the febrile patients of the Taiz governorate, Yemen as well as their knowledge, attitude and preventive practices (KAPs) regarding dengue fever (…