Travelers’ Actual and Subjective Knowledge about Risk for Ebola Virus Disease

Abstract

To determine travelers’ actual and subjective knowledge about risk for Ebola virus disease, we surveyed travelers from France. Actual knowledge did not prevent irrational perceptions or promote safe behavior. Rather, readiness to adopt protective behavior depended on subjective knowledge and overconfidence in ability to self-protect.

Keywords

• Ebola virus disease
• risk perceptions
• travelers
• actual knowledge
• subjective knowledge
• viruses