Knowledge, awareness and preventive practices of dengue outbreak in Bangladesh: A countrywide study

Dengue, the mosquito borne disease has become a growing public health threat in Bangladesh due to its gradual increasing morbidity and mortality since 2000. In 2019, the country witnessed the worst ever dengue outbreak. The present study was conducted to characterize the socio-economic factors and knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) status towards dengue among the people of Bangladesh.A cross-sectional study was conducted with 1,010 randomly...