Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 664

Full Length Research Paper

Knowledge and risk perception of the middle-east respiratory syndrome corona virus [MERS-CoV] among Ivoirian hajj pilgrims in 2013

Daouda Coulibaly*
  • Daouda Coulibaly*
  • National Institute of Public Hygiene, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Youssouf Traore
  • Youssouf Traore
  • National Institute of Public Hygiene, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Anderson K. N’gattia
  • Anderson K. N’gattia
  • National Institute of Public Hygiene, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Kouakou E.M. Ahoussou
  • Kouakou E.M. Ahoussou
  • National Institute of Public Hygiene, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Elisee A Kangah
  • Elisee A Kangah
  • National Institute of Public Hygiene, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Herve A Kadjo
  • Herve A Kadjo
  • Pasteur Institute of Cote d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Djibril Cherif
  • Djibril Cherif
  • National Institute of Public Hygiene, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Simplice N Dagnan
  • Simplice N Dagnan
  • National Institute of Public Hygiene, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
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  •  Received: 11 June 2016
  •  Accepted: 19 July 2016
  •  Published: 30 September 2016

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