Table 4. Rabies symptoms and disease outcome in people as perceived by the 539 respondents (shown as percentage).
| Medical staff | Urban | Pastoralist | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metahara | Oromia | Afar | Total | ||
| Number of interviews | 16 | 471 | 30 | 19 | 49 |
| Number of respondents knowing rabies | 16 | 464 | 28 | 17 | 45 |
| Rabies symptoms | |||||
| Fever | 37.5 | ||||
| Hyperactive/excited | 6.2 | ||||
| Hydrophobia | 37.5 | ||||
| Muscle paralysis | 6.2 | ||||
| headache | 12.5 | 1.5 | |||
| Confusion/agitation | 6.2 | ||||
| Abnormal behavior | 37.5 | ||||
| Paralysis | 6.2 | ||||
| Salivation | 18.7 | ||||
| Acting like a dog | 25 | 53.6 | 22.2 | 37.5 | |
| Biting | 37.5 | ||||
| Barking/screaming | 68.7 | 1.7 | |||
| Mad | 6.2 | 38.1 | 10.7 | 6.2 | |
| Vomiting | 6.2 | 3.6 | 2 | ||
| Running around | 10.7 | 4.2 | |||
| Sweating | 0.2 | ||||
| Development of wounds | 1 | ||||
| Unspecific sick | 21.1 | ||||
| Not eating | 31.2 | 10.7 | 4.2 | ||
| Aggressive | 31.2 | ||||
| Fainting/unconsciousness | 12.5 | ||||
| Nausea | 6.2 | ||||
| Stiff neck | 6.2 | ||||
| Convulsion | 6.2 | ||||
| CNS symptoms | 12.5 | ||||
| Change body color (turn dark) | 7.1 | 4.2 | |||
| Salivation | 10.7 | 4.2 | |||
| Don't know the symptoms | 36 | 25 | 77.8 | 43.8 | |
| Rabies patient outcome | |||||
| Death | 100 | 52.4 | 32.1 | 20 | |
| Madness | 45 | ||||
| Don't know | 5.6 | 75 | 100 | 80 |