Knowledge, attitude and perception towards COVID-19 among representative educated sub-Saharan Africans: A cross-sectional study during the exponential phase of the pandemic

• Aniefiok John Udoakang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: aniefiokjohn.udoakang@ucad.edu.sn, mandith2004@yahoo.com (AJU); jkmutungi@ug.edu.gh, joemutungi@gmail.com (JKM); pquashie@ug.edu.gh (PKQ); leepaemka@gmail.com (LP)

  Affiliations West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, Department of Biosciences and Biotechnology, University of Medical Sciences, Ondo City, Ondo State, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6784-5508

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• Nora Nghochuzie Nganyewo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nora Nghochuzie Nganyewo, Alexandra Lindsey Djomkam Zune, Charles Ochieng’ Olwal, Nsikak-Abasi Aniefiok Etim, Francis Dzabeng

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia

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• Alexandra Lindsey Djomkam Zune ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nora Nghochuzie Nganyewo, Alexandra Lindsey Djomkam Zune, Charles Ochieng’ Olwal, Nsikak-Abasi Aniefiok Etim, Francis Dzabeng

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Charles Ochieng’ Olwal ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nora Nghochuzie Nganyewo, Alexandra Lindsey Djomkam Zune, Charles Ochieng’ Olwal, Nsikak-Abasi Aniefiok Etim, Francis Dzabeng

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1747-2963

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• Nsikak-Abasi Aniefiok Etim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nora Nghochuzie Nganyewo, Alexandra Lindsey Djomkam Zune, Charles Ochieng’ Olwal, Nsikak-Abasi Aniefiok Etim, Francis Dzabeng

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

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• Mary Aigbiremo Oboh,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia

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• Kesego Tapela,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Francis Dzabeng ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nora Nghochuzie Nganyewo, Alexandra Lindsey Djomkam Zune, Charles Ochieng’ Olwal, Nsikak-Abasi Aniefiok Etim, Francis Dzabeng

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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• Samuel Mawuli Adadey,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Agnes Udoh,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Jones School of Business, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Mazo Koné,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0308-6367

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• Joe Kimanthi Mutungi ,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: aniefiokjohn.udoakang@ucad.edu.sn, mandith2004@yahoo.com (AJU); jkmutungi@ug.edu.gh, joemutungi@gmail.com (JKM); pquashie@ug.edu.gh (PKQ); leepaemka@gmail.com (LP)

  ¶‡ JKM, PKQ and LP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2170-7577

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• Peter Kojo Quashie ,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: aniefiokjohn.udoakang@ucad.edu.sn, mandith2004@yahoo.com (AJU); jkmutungi@ug.edu.gh, joemutungi@gmail.com (JKM); pquashie@ug.edu.gh (PKQ); leepaemka@gmail.com (LP)

  ¶‡ JKM, PKQ and LP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom, Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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• Gordon Akanzuwine Awandare ,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ JKM, PKQ and LP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Lily Paemka

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: aniefiokjohn.udoakang@ucad.edu.sn, mandith2004@yahoo.com (AJU); jkmutungi@ug.edu.gh, joemutungi@gmail.com (JKM); pquashie@ug.edu.gh (PKQ); leepaemka@gmail.com (LP)

  ¶‡ JKM, PKQ and LP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7498-520X

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