Public Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Zika Virus and its Prevention in Malaysia

Abstract

BAckground: The National Center for Epidemiology (NCE) provides basic information about the epidemiology of the registered HIV infected patients in Hungary, but there is no evidence about the size or characteristics of the patient population appearing in the healthcare system. Hungary has a comprehensive public health insurance system covering the total population, and Hungarian laws grant public data access. oBjectives: These are the first results from HEARTS: HIV Epidemiology and AntiRetroviral Treatment Study about the prevalence, incidence and mortality of HIV patients requiring healthcare services in the real world setting. Methods: This is a non-interventional retrospective claims database study of patients receiving healthcare services for their HIV infection between 2005-2015 in Hungary. Patients were identified from the National health Insurance Fund Administration (NHIFA) databases based on multiple criteria including International Classification of Diseases and International Classification of Procedures in Medicine codes, and medication purchase data. results: The number of prevalent patients in Hungary increased from 475 in 2005 to 1420 in 2015. The total number of HIV patients in the study period was 1772. Yearly incidence increased from 58 patients in 2005 to 379 in 2015. In the study period, a total of 120 patients died of the 1772 subjects which means a 6.7 % mortality rate. The gender distribution of patients has only changed minimally during the study period: the proportion of male patients has increased slightly, from 2005 (85%) to 2015 (88%). The age group of 30-39 years was the largest for both men and women, and accounted for about 39% of all prevalent patients. conclusions: Less than 60% of the patients registered by the NCE are prevalent in the national healthcare system, and they can appear for care years after their first registration. Anonymised follow-up of these patients can provide valuable information about the treatment patterns and resource use of this population.

Knowledge and attitude towards pregnancy-related issues of Zika virus infection among general practitioners in Indonesia

“…Studies related to knowledge and attitude towards ZIKV infection have been conducted in various community groups. At least 21 studies related to knowledge of ZIKV infection have been conducted [1,[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52], in the general population [33][34][35][36][37] or specific groups such as reproductive-age women [38,39], pregnant women [40][41][42][43], construction workers [44], and medical [1,39,[45][46][47][48][49]52] and non-medical university students [33,52]. Five of these studies were conducted among HCWs [1,39,45,50,51].…”

“…Five of these studies were conducted among HCWs [1,39,45,50,51]. Ten studies related to attitude towards ZIKV infection have been conducted [34,35,37,41,48,[52][53][54][55], but only one of these among HCWs [56]. These figures indicate that information about knowledge and attitude towards ZIKV infection among HCWs is limited.…”

Modeling Integrated Mosquito Management for Klang Port: Reducing the Risk of the Re-Introduction of Zika Virus intoMalaysia

“…The output from the BioTEMS TIGER model can be used to open the door to a discussion and to educate the public on ZIKAV prevention and control. Interventions should be customized to improve the knowledge and attitudes of the public towards ZIKAV prevention and control (Khan et al 2016). The presence of possible vectors of ZIKAV varies geographically in Malaysia affecting the IMM plan.…”

“…Also of concern, is the lack of knowledge concerning arboviruses and mosquito prevention and control for invasive species.About 30 years ago, ZIKAV was circulating in SE Asia, and isolates of the virus were made from the Aedes aegypti mosquito in Malaysia. However, in a recent survey, a large proportion of respondents did not consider Malaysia at risk of ZIKAV and there was a lack of knowledge of how the virus is spread and what measures can be taken to prevent transmission (Khan et al 2016). The principle factor responsible for the introduction of disease vectors into new geographic areas is by transport into air and maritime ports (Tatem et al 2006).…”

Zika Virus-The Perfect Storm

“…Examples of mosquito from this genus are Aedesaegypti, Aedesalbopictus, Aedesafricanus, Aedeshensilli. The mosquito in our concern is the Aedesaegypti which is very common [13][14][15][16][17][18] The virus needed a nonhuman reservoir. Unfortunately multiple animal reservoirs are available including nonhuman primates, wild and domestic animals [19].…”