Understanding the role of disease knowledge and risk perception in shaping preventive behavior for selected vector-borne diseases in Guyana.

• Hoofdauteurs: Céline Aerts (Auteur), Mélanie Revilla (Auteur), Laetitia Duval (Auteur), Krijn Paaijmans (Auteur), Javin Chandrabose (Auteur), Horace Cox (Auteur), Elisa Sicuri (Auteur)
• Formaat: Boek
• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Individual behavior, particularly choices about prevention, plays a key role in infection transmission of vector-borne diseases (VBDs). Since the actual risk of infection is often uncertain, individual behavior is influenced by the perceived risk. A low risk perception is likely to dimini...