Table 2.

Lassa fever knowledge

Variable	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
Lassa fever is a viral disease:
Yes	163	93.1
No	5	2.9
Incubation period ranges for 1–3 weeks:
Yes	100	57.1
No	64	36.6
Reservoir – rat:
Yes	169	96.6
No	3	1.7
Transmitted by rat biting:
Yes	34	19.4
No	131	74.9
Cases are characterized by fever >38°C:
Yes	144	85.2
No	25	14.8
Retrosternal pain is a common symptom:
Yes	66	41.5
No	93	58.5
Bleeding from mucosal surface is a sign:
Yes	142	84.5
No	26	15.5
Vomiting and shock is rarely observed:
Yes	43	25.3
No	127	74.7
Proteinuria is suggestive:
Yes	44	27.2
No	127	72.8
Fever refractory to treat and mucosal bleeding is a sign:
Yes	134	79.3
No	35	20.7
Absence of profuse mucosal bleeding exclude diagnosis:
Yes	5	3
No	161	97
Pediatrics clients are excluded from diagnosis:
Yes	3	1.8
No	164	98.2
Cases can be confirmed without lab diagnosis:
Yes	28	17.1
No	136	82.9
Aerosol transmission:
Yes	57	34.8
No	107	65.2
Causative organism penetrates unbroken skin:
Yes	37	22.8
No	125	77.2
Cases cease to be infectious after acute phase:
Yes	18	11.0
No	146	89.0
Semen of case is capable of transmitting infection:
Yes	71	43.0
No	94	57.0
Jaundice is a common manifestation:
Yes	103	62.4
No	62	37.6
Bodies of dead cases constitute potential harm:
Yes	122	73.1
No	45	26.9