Table 3.

Responses about the transmission of onchocerciasis in southwestern Nigeria (2004)

Response	Literate	Non-literate	Total	%
Fomites	134	27	161	32.2
Dirty water	75	14	89	17.8
Mosquito	74	11	85	17.0
Sexual intercourse	61	–	61	12.2
Witchcraft	42	4	46	9.2
Mother to child	18	3	21	4.2
Food	14	2	16	3.2
Blackfly	10	2	12	2.4
Don’t know	9	–	9	1.8
Total	437	63	500	100