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Personal Protective Measures during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany [PDF]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
: Objectives: The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is highly contagious and can only be contained if the majority of the population takes measures to protect themselves against infection.
Fabian Kirsch, Ann-Kathrin Lindemann, Johanna Geppert, Dan Borzekowski, Mark Lohmann, Gaby-Fleur Böl   +5 more
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Personal protective measures of pregnant women against Zika virus infection [PDF]

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2019
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the adherence of pregnant women to personal protective measures against mosquito bites, recommended by the Ministry of Health, and to investigate the factors associated with the non-adoption of these measures.
Vladimir Antonio Dantas Melo, José Rodrigo Santos Silva, Roseli La Corte   +2 more
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Comparative Performance Evaluation of Personal Protective Measures and Antiviral Agents Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants: A Narrative Review [PDF]

Clinical Pathology, 2023
Scientists identified SARS-CoV-2 in December 2019 in Wuhan city of China. Soon after its identification, Covid-19 spreads almost everywhere. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19 outbreak as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Countries are
Md Anamul Haque, Md Tanbir, Bulbul Ahamed, Md Jamal Hossain, Arpita Roy, Mohammad Shahriar, Mohiuddin Ahmed Bhuiyan, Md Rabiul Islam   +7 more
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Adoption of personal protective measures by ordinary citizens during the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan [PDF]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Objectives: To clarify the implementation status of personal protective measures by ordinary citizens in Japan during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study based on internet-based survey.
Masaki Machida, Itaru Nakamura, Reiko Saito, Tomoki Nakaya, Tomoya Hanibuchi, Tomoko Takamiya, Yuko Odagiri, Noritoshi Fukushima, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Takako Kojima, Hidehiro Watanabe, Shigeru Inoue   +11 more
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Knowledge and Practice of Personal Protective Measures Against COVID-19 in Africa: Systematic Review

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 2023
BackgroundWith COVID-19 being a newly evolving disease, its response measures largely depend on the practice of and compliance with personal protective measures (PPMs).
Joseph Kawuki, Paul Shing-fong Chan, Yuan Fang, Siyu Chen, Phoenix K H Mo, Zixin Wang   +5 more
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Knowledge of the primary healthcare physicians in the Al-Baha Region about COVID-19 personal protective measures [PDF]

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022
Background: Healthcare professionals are particularly more vulnerable to Covid-19 pandemic infection, since they are on the front lines. The relatively high morbidity and mortality among healthcare workers all over the world because of Covid-19 is a ...
Mona Saeed Alzahrani, Alaaeden A L. Hakeem, Terad A Talmesany   +2 more
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Changes in implementation of personal protective measures by ordinary Japanese citizens: A longitudinal study from the early phase to the community transmission phase of the COVID-19 outbreak [PDF]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Objectives: To clarify changes in the implementation of personal protective measures among ordinary Japanese citizens from the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak to the community transmission phase.
Masaki Machida, Itaru Nakamura, Reiko Saito, Tomoki Nakaya, Tomoya Hanibuchi, Tomoko Takamiya, Yuko Odagiri, Noritoshi Fukushima, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Shiho Amagasa, Takako Kojima, Hidehiro Watanabe, Shigeru Inoue   +12 more
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Nonpharmaceutical Measures for Pandemic Influenza in Nonhealthcare Settings—Personal Protective and Environmental Measures [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
There were 3 influenza pandemics in the 20th century, and there has been 1 so far in the 21st century. Local, national, and international health authorities regularly update their plans for mitigating the next influenza pandemic in light of the latest ...
Jingyi Xiao, Eunice Y. C. Shiu, Huizhi Gao, Jessica Y. Wong, Min W. Fong, Sukhyun Ryu, Benjamin J. Cowling   +6 more
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The relationship between fear of COVID-19 and adherence to personal protective measures in a sample of Iranian healthcare providers: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Studies have been conducted worldwide to investigate the level of adherence to personal protective measures or fear of COVID-19 among healthcare providers.
Mohammad-Ehsan Adib, Mojtaba Jafari, Ali Radfar   +2 more
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Effectiveness of Personal Protective Measures to Prevent Lyme Disease

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
After the manufacture of Lyme vaccine was discontinued in 2002, strategies to prevent Lyme disease (LD) have focused on personal protective measures. Effectiveness of these measures has not been conclusively demonstrated.
Marietta Vázquez, Catherine Muehlenbein, Matthew L. Cartter, Edward B. Hayes, Starr Ertel, Eugene D. Shapiro   +5 more
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