Outbreak of novel Corona virus (2019-nCoV); implications for travelers to Pakistan

Qureshi, Ubaid Ur Rahman; Saleem, Sadia; Khan, Aisha; Afzal, Muhammad Sohail; Ali, Muhammad; Ahmed, Haroon

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101571

Cited by 16 publications

(11 citation statements)

References 4 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…So, in Pakistan, researchers had earlier warned before the arrival of the first case that travellers coming from abroad specifically from hard-hit pandemic countries could pose a threat to spread of infection in Pakistan [17]. The SARS-Cov-2 virus has a zoonotic origin, bats are the natural hosts of the virus which transmitted to humans through intermediate host which is still not known [18]. This pandemic will have a very daunting impact on the world economy, in the year 2020; this pandemic will cause an economic loss of 1 trillion USD globally and might result in limiting the economic aid to internally displaced people (IDP's), refugees and asylum seekers [19].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Community-Based Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Risk Factors Regarding COVID-19 Among Pakistanis Residents During a Recent Outbreak: A Cross-Sectional Survey

et al. 2020

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Exceptional precautionary measures have been adopted to stop the transmission and control of COVID-19 through the world and Pakistan is facing lockdown in this scenario. Public loyalty to precautionary measures is affected by their knowledge, attitude, risk factors and practices (KAP) towards COVID-19. The present study was conducted among the Pakistani residents to observe the knowledge, attitude, practices and risk factors towards COVID-19 outbreak in Pakistan. A questionnaire was designed, and a cross-sectional survey was conducted among participants of the study area. Participants were asked the questions regarding knowledge, attitude, practices and risk factors towards COVID-19. Data were analyzed by SPSS and t/F test and correlation was applied among the knowledge, attitude, risk factors and practices. A total of 1060 questionnaires were received. 1004 were included while 56 were excluded. The highest representation was from Punjab province (65.6%), female (63%) and age group of 21-30 years (62.1%). Most participants were single (85%), Muslim (99.4%), Urdu speaking (45.6%) and were graduates (51.5%). Most of the participants were students (52.9%) and were from economically middleclass families (40.8%). The knowledge was positively correlated with attitude and practices whereas negatively correlated with risk factors (P < 0.05). The attitude was negatively correlated with risk factor and positively correlated with practices. The risk factors and practices were positively correlated with each other. Health education program to improve the COVID-19 knowledge, attitude, practices and risk factors should be initiated to combat current health challenge.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Community-Based Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Risk Factors Regarding COVID-19 Among Pakistanis Residents During a Recent Outbreak: A Cross-Sectional Survey

et al. 2020

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…A recent outbreak of human infection by a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV, now named SARS-CoV-2) has been reported in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. Until January 10, 2020, there were 41 reported cases for SARS-CoV-2 infection between December 8, 2019 and January 2, 2020 2 . Due to the rapid virus spread through different Chinese cities, on February 13, 2020 the Chinese government announced 59,901 patients with a concordant diagnosis of pneumonia and 1,368 people killed by the novel coronavirus infection.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Health belief model for coronavirus infection risk determinants

Costa

2020

Rev. saúde pública

112

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

OBJECTIVE: To use the advantages of a ratio scale with verbal anchors in order to measure the risk perception in the novel coronavirus infection, which causes covid-19, in a health belief model-based questionnaire, as well as its validity and reproducibility. METHOD: We used the health belief model, which explores four dimensions: perceived susceptibility (five questions), perceived severity (five questions), perceived benefits (five questions), and perceived barriers (five questions). Additionally, we included a fifth dimension, called pro-health motivation (four questions). The questions composed an electronic questionnaire disseminated by social networks for an one-week period. Answers were quantitative values of subjective representations, obtained by a psychophysically constructed scale with verbal anchors ratio (CentiMax®). Mean time for total filling was 12 minutes (standard deviation = 1.6). RESULTS: We obtained 277 complete responses to the form. One was excluded because it belonged to a participant under 18 years old. Reproducibility measures were significant for 22 of the 24 questions in our questionnaire (Cronbach’s α = 0.883). Convergent validity was attested by Spearman-Brown’s split half reliability coefficient (r = 0.882). Significant differences among groups were more intense in perceived susceptibility and severity dimensions, and less in perceived benefits and barriers. CONCLUSION: Our health belief model-based questionnaire using quantitative measures enabled the confirmation of popular beliefs about covid-19 infection risks. The advantage in our approach lays in the possibility of quickly, directly and quantitatively identifying individual belief profiles for each dimension in the questionnaire, serving as a great ally for communication processes and public health education.

show abstract

“…The new coronavirus temporarily referred to Wuhan city of China and later renamed to novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) or COVID-19 ( 4 ). Existing data currently indicate that COVID-19 infects the human population from the bat reservoir, although it is not yet clear whether a currently unknown animal species acts as an intermediate host between the bats and humans ( 5 ). Many patients with pneumonia were linked to the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, where a number of animals, such as birds, bats and rabbits, were already on sale ( 6 ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparison five primer sets from different genome region of COVID-19 for detection of virus infection by conventional RT-PCR

Mollaie

Afshar

Kalantar-Neyestanaki

et al. 2020

IJM

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background and Objectives: The new beta-coronavirus, which caused Severe Acute Respiratory Coronavirus-2 Syndrome (SARS-CoV-2), a major respiratory outbreak in Wuhan, China in December 2019, is now prevalent in many countries around the world. Identifying PCR-based viruses is a well-known and relatively stable protocol. Unfortunately, the high mutation rates may lead to widespread changes in viral nucleic acid sequences, and so using specific primers for PCR can be recom- mended. In this study, we evaluated the power of a conventional RT-PCR to detect SARS-CoV-2 RNA among the five set primer sets. Materials and Methods: The five genomic regions of the Coronavirus SARS-2 virus including Nucleocapsids (N), Enve- lope (E), RNA depended RNA Polymerase (RdRp), ORF1ab and Spike (S) were selected for primer designing. A convention- al RT-PCR was performed to compare sensitivity, specificity and other analytical characteristics of primers designed against two Real Time PCR commercial kits. Results: The result of the comparative analysis showed that the ORF1ab, N and RdRp primers had a sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value higher than other primers. A significant difference in the analytical sensitivity between the studied primer sets in RT-PCR kits was observed. Conclusion: In this study, the ORF1ab, Nucleocapsid and RdRp regions have the best primers for identifying the SARS- CoV-2 RNA between different genes that have been suggested.

show abstract

Outbreak of novel Corona virus (2019-nCoV); implications for travelers to Pakistan

Cited by 16 publications

References 4 publications

Community-Based Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Risk Factors Regarding COVID-19 Among Pakistanis Residents During a Recent Outbreak: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Community-Based Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Risk Factors Regarding COVID-19 Among Pakistanis Residents During a Recent Outbreak: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Health belief model for coronavirus infection risk determinants

Comparison five primer sets from different genome region of COVID-19 for detection of virus infection by conventional RT-PCR

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About