Table 1. Perception of rabies in respondents from communities on the Brazilian Amazon coast where cases of human rabies transmitted by D. rotundus have been recorded (RR) and where no cases have been recorded (NR).

	RR (%)	NR (%)	Total
All respondents
Insufficient	169 (37.98)	80 (33.90)	249 (36.56)
Basic	197 (44.27)	110 (46.61)	307 (45.08)
Intermediate	60 (13.48)	41 (17.37)	101 (14.83)
Advanced	19 (4.27)	5 (2.12)	24 (3.53)
Total	445 (65.44)	236 (34.65)	681 (100.00)