Knowledge and transmission risk awareness of tuberculosis among the pilgrims attending a religious mass gathering in India
A cross-sectional study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15372018 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tim Bäckdahl (Karolinska Institutet), Megha Sharma (0000-0001-9165-9393, Karolinska Institutet, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 2141-2141 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMC Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458 |
| Publisher | BioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-021-12192-8 |
| PMID | 34809593 |
| OpenAlex | W3217601172 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
Most pilgrims attending the Kumbh Mela had basic knowledge of the characteristics of tuberculosis, but some important knowledge gaps concerning the transmission risks associated with crowded situations existed. These gaps need to be addressed in future policies to enable safer mass gatherings and to end the TB epidemic, globally
Biostatistics · Cross-sectional study · Disease · Environmental health · Family medicine · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Pathology · Transmission (telecommunications · Tuberculosis · Medicine · Travel-related health issues · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Zoonotic diseases and public health · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |