title: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome and Medical Students: Letter from China.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study aimed to investigate the knowledge of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) among Chinese medical students.
  
  
  METHODS
  A structured questionnaire on MERS was conducted among 214 medical students in China.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average correction of the single question varied from 36.0% to 89.7%. There is a significant difference on MERS knowledge among different majors of medical students (p < 0.05). Management students scored significantly higher than students of other majors (p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Chinese medical students had good knowledge of MERS. The MERS knowledge score varied among students of different majors. Education on disease control should be included in the school curriculum.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 24100, China. lmxsnow11@sina.com.
authors.forename: Mengxue
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland, MD 20740, USA. cjiang89@umd.edu.
authors.forename: Chengsheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: College of Business, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR 72204, USA. cpdonovan@ualr.edu.
authors.forename: Connor
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Donovan
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 24100, China. wyf@wnmc.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yufeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.affiliation: School of Food Science, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Zhongshan 528458, China. wsun3@tulane.edu.|School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, LA 70112, USA. wsun3@tulane.edu.
authors.forename: Wenjie
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Sun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wenjie
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018352:Coronavirus Infections; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools; D013336:Students, Health Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013337:Students, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: China; MERS; awareness; medical student; respiratory infection