Table 2.
Knowledge of dengue fever (DF)
| Factor | No. of respondents | Percentage (%) |
| Symptoms of DF | ||
| Fever | 173 | 75.2 |
| Skin rash | 43 | 18.7 |
| Bleeding from nose | 7 | 3.0 |
| All of the above | 7 | 3.0 |
| Transmission | ||
| Mosquito bites | 215 | 93.5 |
| Don’t know | 13 | 5.7 |
| Sharing food with infected people | 2 | 0.9 |
| Mosquito vectors of DF | ||
| Aedes | 163 | 70.9 |
| Anopheles | 25 | 10.9 |
| Culex | 2 | 0.9 |
| Don’t know | 40 | 17.4 |
| Breeding sites of mosquitoes | ||
| Boxes, pots, cans, water containers | 216 | 93.9 |
| Ponds, rivers | 13 | 5.7 |
| Forest | 1 | 0.4 |
| Source of information | ||
| Health personnel | 16 | 7.0 |
| Radio/TV | 61 | 26.5 |
| Newspaper/Magazine | 52 | 22.6 |
| Relatives and friends | 101 | 43.9 |
| Way to prevent DF | ||
| Addition of abate/insecticide | 96 | 41.7 |
| Covering water containers | 46 | 20.0 |
| Using mosquito net in daytime | 55 | 23.9 |
| Changing water frequently | 33 | 14.3 |
| Biting time of mosquitoes | ||
| Dawn | 15 | 6.5 |
| Morning | 25 | 10.9 |
| Daytime | 150 | 65.2 |
| Night | 24 | 10.4 |
| Any time | 16 | 7.0 |