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Volume 6 Journal of Infectious Diseases & Therapy Tropical & Bacterial Diseases 2018
December 05-06, 2018
Page 50
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Neglected Tropical Diseases Congress: The Future Challenges
December 05-06, 2018 Dubai, UAE
Perceptions and behaviors associated with emerging arboviruses in French Guiana
Camille Fritzell1,2
1Pasteur Institute of French Guiana, France
The recent emergence of chikungunya and Zika virus worldwide aroused global attention due to their rapid spread and high
potential for epidemics. Effectivemanagement of newarboviruses risks in the phase that no specific treatment or vaccination
is yet possible is largely dependent on precautionary behavior of the population. The knowledge and understanding of the
mechanisms underlying perceptions and behaviors are essential for authorities in charge of vector-borne diseases prevention
to implement effective communication and promote precautionary practices. In the context of emerging arboviruses in French
Guiana, we conducted two surveys among students and the general population respectively. A multifactorial analysis and a
logistic ordinal regression were performed to explore and assess risk perceptions and protective behaviors and identify their
potential determinants among the population of French Guiana. An emergent arboviral disease appeared as a new health
threat that concern the public more than others existing Aedes mosquito-borne diseases, with a significant degree of perceived
worry and severity. Furthermore, perceptions varied considerably among different social groups and geographic areas with
an important gender effect related to Zika perceptions. Women were significantly more afraid about Zika, felt more exposed
and characterized the disease as more severe and as affecting the patient more than did men (p<0.001). The adoption of
protective behaviors was associated with socio economic and environmental factors, risk perceptions and behaviors. A negative
association between the level of knowledge and the adoption of protective behaviors was observed (OR=0.69 [0.49-0.98]).
Our results suggest that the adoption of protective behaviors would not necessarily rely on the knowledge but on individual
factors and perceptions associated with the disease, as a multi-factorial process. Such data will be subsequently analyzed with
seroprevalence data in order to identify from these socio-behavioral factors which are potential determinant of the infection of
dengue, chikungunya and/or Zika viruses.
Biography
Camille F is currently finishing her PhD on the study of perceptions and behaviors related to arboviral infections among the population of French Guiana at the
Epidemiology Unit at Pasteur Institute of French Guiana with Dr. Claude Flamand. She has 7 publications in the field of infectious diseases and already presented
her research in three congresses.
Camille Fritzell, J Infect Dis Ther 2018, Volume 6
DOI: 10.4172/2332-0877-C7-056