Syed Ali Asad Naqvi, Muhammad Sajjad, Aqil Tariq, Muhammad Sajjad, Liaqat Ali Waseem, Shankar Karuppannan, Adnanul Rehman, Mujtaba Hassan, Saad Al-Ahmadi, Wesam Atef Hatamleh
Dengue is one of Pakistan's major health concerns. In this study, we aimed to advance our understanding of the levels of knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAPs) in Pakistan's Dengue Fever (DF) hotspots. Initially, at-risk communities were systematically identified via a well-known spatial modeling technique, named, Kernel Density Estimation, which was later targeted for a household-based cross-sectional survey of KAPs. To collect data on sociodemographic and KAPs, random sampling was utilized (n = 385, 5 % margin of error)...
January 15, 2024: Heliyon