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June 14, 2026Journal of the Egyptian Public Health AssociationOpen Access

Awareness of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) among healthcare professionals in Libya

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ZMZinelabedin MohamedAKAmira B. KhalefaEAEman FA. Altarhouni

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Cross-sectional study assesses hMPV awareness in healthcare professionals, suggesting urgent educational needs.

Key Points

  • This study aims to evaluate the awareness of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) among healthcare professionals in Libya.
  • Conducted a cross-sectional study with 385 healthcare professionals in Libya.
  • Used a self-administered questionnaire to assess knowledge on hMPV characteristics.
  • Applied ordinal logistic regression to examine the relationship between awareness and demographic factors.
  • 13.2% of participants demonstrated high awareness of hMPV, while 73.0% had low awareness.
  • Fellowship degree holders had significantly higher odds of awareness (AOR: 8.84; 95% CI: 2.42-38.7; p = 0.002).
  • Nurses showed significantly lower awareness compared to doctors (AOR: 0.09; 95% CI: 0.01-0.36; p = 0.003).

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Mohamed et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2e46dbb1cc60ccdea8b79ahttps://doi.org/10.1186/s42506-026-00226-1
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