https://www.socictopen.socict.org/files/original/1802af4311d9177429ef812800673277.pdf 816857e9d66efebf5e95de86a1cd9b1c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Knowledge and Apprehension of Dental Patients about MERS-A Questionnaire Survey Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bassel Tarakji, Abdulwahab Abuderman, Nipun ASHOK, Jean Clare Rodrigues, Khalid Azouni, Shorouk Darwish, Abdul Aziz Fahad Alkaabba Description An account of the resource Introduction: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is adisease caused by beta corona virus. From April 11th to 9th June2014, World Health Organization (WHO) reported a total of 402laboratory confirmed cases of MERS from KSA, out of which132 cases were reported from Riyadh alone.Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge andapprehension of patients about MERS visiting Al Farabi Collegeof Dentistry, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire basedsurvey was conducted which consisted of 10 self-preparedquestions. A total of 404 patients participated in this study.Results: Three hundred and forty patients had heard aboutMERS. Nearly a quarter of the patients (25.74%) wereapprehensive about undergoing dental treatment because ofMERS. A little more than half of the patients (50.99%) knew thatcamel is a source of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus. Most of the patients (80.72%) were aware of the infectioncontrol measures to be followed by dentist and 138 patientsclaimed they took some precaution when present inside thedental college.Conclusion: Majority of the patients had heard about MERS andwas aware of the infection control measures. However, somepatients were apprehensive about undergoing dental treatmentbecause of MERS. Further steps need to be taken to educatethe patient's about transmission of MERS and infection controlmeasures in a dental hospital. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016 Subject The topic of the resource coronavirus, respiratory infection, aerosol infection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/17519.7790 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Medicine