Yellow Fever: population knowledge about zoonosis compared to their teaching

Authors

  • Geovanna Constantino de Almeida2 de Almeida Universidade Anhembi Morumbi, São Paulo, SP/Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31533/pubvet.v14n12a708.1-8

Keywords:

Awareness, students, yellow fever, zoonosis

Abstract

Yellow fever is an extremely important zoonosis for public health in Brazil and worldwide. It is an infectious, non-contagious disease, caused by a virus and transmitted by the bite of vectors. There are two forms of the disease: sylvatic yellow fever and urban yellow fever. This study focused on evaluating the population's knowledge about this important zoonosis, and also to estimate the level of knowledge of veterinary medicine students compared to students of other higher education courses. In general, there is a discrepancy between the teachings, about the understanding of yellow fever, and there are still mistakes in the knowledge of the disease.

Published

2020-11-09

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária

How to Cite

Yellow Fever: population knowledge about zoonosis compared to their teaching. (2020). Pubvet, 14(12). https://doi.org/10.31533/pubvet.v14n12a708.1-8