A qualitative exploration of the misconceptions, knowledge gaps and constructs of leptospirosis among rural and urban communities in Malaysia

• Surianti Sukeri ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: surianti@usm.my

  Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0974-7074

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• Zawaha Idris ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zawaha Idris, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin, Mohd Nazri Shafei, Norazlin Idris, Rukman Awang Hamat, Tengku Zetty Tengku Jamaluddin, Malina Osman, Zainudin Abdul Wahab, Aziah Daud

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Health Promotion Unit, Penang State Health Department, Bangunan Persekutuan, Jalan Anson, Penang, Malaysia

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• Wan Mohd Zahiruddin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zawaha Idris, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin, Mohd Nazri Shafei, Norazlin Idris, Rukman Awang Hamat, Tengku Zetty Tengku Jamaluddin, Malina Osman, Zainudin Abdul Wahab, Aziah Daud

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

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• Mohd Nazri Shafei ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zawaha Idris, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin, Mohd Nazri Shafei, Norazlin Idris, Rukman Awang Hamat, Tengku Zetty Tengku Jamaluddin, Malina Osman, Zainudin Abdul Wahab, Aziah Daud

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7023-9717

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• Norazlin Idris ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zawaha Idris, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin, Mohd Nazri Shafei, Norazlin Idris, Rukman Awang Hamat, Tengku Zetty Tengku Jamaluddin, Malina Osman, Zainudin Abdul Wahab, Aziah Daud

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

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• Rukman Awang Hamat ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zawaha Idris, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin, Mohd Nazri Shafei, Norazlin Idris, Rukman Awang Hamat, Tengku Zetty Tengku Jamaluddin, Malina Osman, Zainudin Abdul Wahab, Aziah Daud

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

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• Tengku Zetty Tengku Jamaluddin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zawaha Idris, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin, Mohd Nazri Shafei, Norazlin Idris, Rukman Awang Hamat, Tengku Zetty Tengku Jamaluddin, Malina Osman, Zainudin Abdul Wahab, Aziah Daud

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

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• Malina Osman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zawaha Idris, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin, Mohd Nazri Shafei, Norazlin Idris, Rukman Awang Hamat, Tengku Zetty Tengku Jamaluddin, Malina Osman, Zainudin Abdul Wahab, Aziah Daud

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

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• Zainudin Abdul Wahab ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zawaha Idris, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin, Mohd Nazri Shafei, Norazlin Idris, Rukman Awang Hamat, Tengku Zetty Tengku Jamaluddin, Malina Osman, Zainudin Abdul Wahab, Aziah Daud

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Health Department of Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, Jalan Cenderasari, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Aziah Daud

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zawaha Idris, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin, Mohd Nazri Shafei, Norazlin Idris, Rukman Awang Hamat, Tengku Zetty Tengku Jamaluddin, Malina Osman, Zainudin Abdul Wahab, Aziah Daud

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

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