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

• Main Authors: Céline Aerts (Author), Mélanie Revilla (Author), Laetitia Duval (Author), Krijn Paaijmans (Author), Javin Chandrabose (Author), Horace Cox (Author), Elisa Sicuri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...