Awareness, knowledge, attitude and preventive practice of leptospirosis among healthy Malaysian and non-Malaysian wet market workers in selected urban areas in Selangor, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Samsudin, Suhailah, Saudi, Siti Nor Sakinah, Masri, Siti Norbaya, Ithnin, Nur Raihana, Tengku Jamaluddin, Tengku Zetty Maztura, Awang Hamat, Rukman, Wan Mohammad, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin, Shafei, Mohd Nazri, Sukeri, Surianti, Daud, Aziah, Abdullah, Nurul Munirah, Nozmi, Noramira, Osman, Malina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2020
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38140/1/38140.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38140/; https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/4/1346

Leptospirosis has been reported as an endemic in most tropical countries. Among high risk occupations, leptospirosis includes workers in agriculture and domestic animal industries. Environmental hygiene in the wet market has established a link between the presence of rodents with probability of lept...