Expression of Concern: Facemask wearing to prevent COVID-19 transmission and associated factors among taxi drivers in Dessie City and Kombolcha Town, Ethiopia
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The PLOS One Editors issue an Expression of Concern to alert readers that this article [1] was identified as one of a series of submissions for which we have concerns about authorship and adherence to the journal’s first and second publication criteria. In addition, the article [1] appears to report the same study and results as an article published later by the same author group [2].
We regret that these issues were not addressed prior to the article’s publication.
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- 1Natnael T, Alemnew Y, Berihun G, Abebe M, Andualem A, Ademe S, et al. Facemask wearing to prevent COVID-19 transmission and associated factors among taxi drivers in Dessie City and Kombolcha Town, Ethiopia. P Lo S One. 2021;16(3):e 0247954. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247954 33711038 PMC 7954338 · doi ↗ · pubmed ↗
- 2Natnael T, Adane M, Alemnew Y, Andualem A, Hailu F. COVID-19 knowledge, attitude and frequent hand hygiene practices among taxi drivers and associated factors in urban areas of Ethiopia. P Lo S One. 2021;16(8):e 0253452. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253452 34359068 PMC 8346291 · doi ↗ · pubmed ↗