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This cross-sectional study was conducted between April 25 and May 31, 2020, using a self-administered questionnaire developed on the Wenjuanxing platform to assess COVID-19-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among medical students.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 2,245 participants (aged 16\u201328 years) were included in the study, coming from five medical disciplines: Clinical Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Nursing, Clinical Pharmacy, Health Inspection and Quarantine. The average scores for the COVID-19 epidemiological knowledge and the control measures for the epidemic were 4.92\u2009\u00b1\u20091.03 and 4.50\u2009\u00b1\u20090.78, respectively. Among them, the scores of epidemiological knowledge exhibited significant differences in sex, nation, type of dwelling place, major, grade, annual per capita household income, and age. The scores of preventive knowledge significantly differed by sex, major, grade, physical condition, and age. Further, behavioral data indicated that 96.0% of the students thought the pandemic had severely affected their daily life, while &gt;90% maintained consistent mask usage and &gt;80% insisted on health-protective practices. Practice scores finally varied significantly by sex, family structure, and ethnicity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Altogether, medical students possess certain basic knowledge in controlling emerging infectious diseases, but some still generally suffer from insufficient cognitive depth and anxiety. Colleges can systematically enhance students\u2019 rational cognitive level which include offering specialized courses as well as promoting cutting-edge research achievements, and through standardized operations stabilize their psychological states.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0338708","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,10]],"date-time":"2025-12-10T18:29:31Z","timestamp":1765391371000},"page":"e0338708","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Investigation on the knowledge-attitude-practice of medical students in controlling emerging infectious diseases: A case study of COVID-19"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Yizhe","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4824-6782","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Ruifeng","family":"Liang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Luo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Doudou","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yi","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuyan","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jiafen","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qiao","family":"Niu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"340","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,10]]},"reference":[{"issue":"8","key":"pone.0338708.ref001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1242\/dmm.049824","article-title":"Modelling infectious disease to support human health","volume":"15","author":"DM Tobin","year":"2022","journal-title":"Dis Model Mech"},{"issue":"1","key":"pone.0338708.ref002","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2241894","DOI":"10.1080\/17441692.2023.2241894","article-title":"Governing digital health for infectious disease outbreaks","volume":"18","author":"S Roberts","year":"2023","journal-title":"Glob Public Health"},{"issue":"1","key":"pone.0338708.ref003","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"9416","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-025-94025-x","article-title":"Factors affecting emerging infectious disease prevention behaviors among young workers based on ecological modeling","volume":"15","author":"HE Park","year":"2025","journal-title":"Sci Rep"},{"issue":"3","key":"pone.0338708.ref004","article-title":"Evaluating the effectiveness of public health measures during infectious disease outbreaks: a systematic review","volume":"16","author":"A Lawrence","year":"2024","journal-title":"Cureus"},{"issue":"1","key":"pone.0338708.ref005","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1361","DOI":"10.1186\/s12889-025-22532-7","article-title":"A preliminary validation of the public\u2019s emergency preparedness questionnaire for major emerging infectious diseases","volume":"25","author":"W Wei","year":"2025","journal-title":"BMC Public Health"},{"issue":"9","key":"pone.0338708.ref006","article-title":"Therapeutic implications of quercetin and its derived-products in COVID-19 protection and prophylactic","volume":"10","author":"W-Y Ho","year":"2024","journal-title":"Heliyon"},{"issue":"6","key":"pone.0338708.ref007","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"20210049","DOI":"10.1098\/rsfs.2021.0049","article-title":"How did we get here: what are droplets and aerosols and how far do they go? 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