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@article{Abbasi2024UncoveringTK, title={Uncovering the knowledge gap: A web-based survey of healthcare providers’ understanding and management of dengue fever in East Azerbaijan, Iran}, author={Madineh Abbasi and Morteza Zaim and Mahmood Moosazadeh and Mahasti Alizadeh and Abbasali Dorosti and Simin Khayatzadeh and Seyed Hassan Nikookar and Ahmad Raeisi and Fatemeh Nikpoor and Abdolreza Mirolyaie and Behrooz Naghili Hokmabad and Ahad Bazmani and Farzad Kaveh and Somayeh Azimi and A Enayati}, journal={PLOS ONE}, year={2024}, volume={19}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:270665939}}
  • Madineh Abbasi, Morteza Zaim, A. Enayati
  • Published in PLoS ONE 21 June 2024
  • Medicine, Environmental Science

The findings call for urgent continuous education and training courses to increase KAP levels and increased capacity and capability for DF prevention and control.

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