Correction: The changing epidemiological pattern of Dengue in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Barriers to Prevention in Dengue Fever in Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Swat District
The main aim of this study was to find out the barriers in dengue prevention in the Swat District of Khyber Pkhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. A sample size of 354 respondents were proportionally allocated to each Mahallah or street (Tahir Abad, Angaro Dheri, Usman Abad and Banr) and then randomly selected. The association of the independent variable (barriers to prevention) and dependent variables...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS ONE
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204465