Knowledge and awareness of ebola virus disease among medical students

Aim: to assess the knowledge of 4th year mbbs students about ebola virus disease. study design: descriptive cross-sectional study place & duration of study: lahore medical & dental college,lahore over a period of two weeks in march 2015. methods: 153 students of 4th year mbbs,academic session 2014-15 were included in the study. data was collected using a structured questionnaire. data was entered and cleaned in spss 21. results: it was observed that good number of respondents was aware that virus belonging to family filoviridae is causative agent and incubation period is2-21days.half of the respondents knew that mode of transmission is human to human. a good number of respondents 91(59.5%) were aware that health workers are most at risk and 119(77.8%) respondents were aware that personal protective equipment are required for evd patients. a good percentage of respondents79(51.6%) had the knowledge about clinical picture,88(57.5%) respondents about prevention,122(79.7%) respondents about control and 94(61.4%) respondents about who's recommendation of ebola virus disease care. conclusion: medical students have a good knowledge about ebola virus disease transmission,prevention and who's recommendations about health workers and travelers.