Table 1. Survey for the recollection of data.
Data | Participants |
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Age | GP, HP |
Sex | GP, HP |
Male | |
Female | |
Language | GP, HP |
Spanish | |
Spanish and Nahualt | |
Other | |
Education | GP, HP |
Primary | |
Secondary | |
Upper Secondary | |
Bachelor's degree | |
Specialist | |
Graduate studies | |
None | |
Occupation | GP, HP |
Housewife | |
Employee | |
Student | |
Craftsperson/independent | |
Other | |
Position | HP |
Director | |
Program leader | |
Physician | |
Nurse | |
Operative personnel | |
Administrative personnel | |
Have you ever been ill with dengue? | GP, HP |
Yes | |
No | |
Knowledge | |
1. Mention the name of the diseases transmitted by A. aegypti | GP, HP |
a. Chagas | |
b. Chikungunya | |
c. Zika | |
d. Dengue | |
e. All | |
f. Unknown | |
2. What is dengue? | GP, HP |
a. A virus | |
b. An illness | |
c. A Mosquito | |
d. Other | |
e. Unknown | |
3. What is chikungunya? | GP, HP |
a. A virus | |
b. An illness | |
c. A Mosquito | |
d. Other | |
e. Unknown | |
4. What is Zika? | GP, HP |
a. A virus | |
b. An illness | |
c. A Mosquito | |
d. Other | |
e. Unknown | |
5. How do you get dengue, chikungunya and Zika? | GP, HP |
a. From person to person | |
b. Through coughing and/or sneezing | |
c. From the bite of any mosquito | |
d. When an A. aegypti mosquito infected with the virus bites a healthy person | |
e. Unknown | |
6. What are the symptoms of dengue? | GP, HP |
a. Conjuntivitis (red eyes) | |
b. Fever | |
c. Vomit | |
d. Bleeding | |
e. Muscle pain | |
f. Headache | |
g. Eye pain | |
h. Unknown | |
7. What are the symptoms of chikungunya? | GP, HP |
a. Conjuntivitis (red eyes) | |
b. Fever | |
c. Muscle pain | |
d. Headache | |
e. Nausea | |
f. Fatigue | |
g. Rashes | |
h. Unknown | |
8. What are the symptoms of Zika? | GP, HP |
a. Conjuntivitis (red eyes) | |
b. Fever | |
c. Muscle pain | |
d. Headache | |
e. Nausea | |
f. Fatigue | |
g. Rashes | |
h. Unknown | |
9. Mention the serotypes of dengue circulating in the region? | HP |
a. DENV-1 y DENV-2. | |
b. DENV-1 y DENV-3 | |
c. DENV-3 y DENV-4 | |
d. All | |
e. Unknown | |
10. Do you know what a breeding site is? | GP, HP |
a. Yes | |
b. No | |
11. Mention places where mosquito larvae develop. | GP, HP |
a. Containers with clean water, unchanged flower pots, old tires | |
b. Containers without waters | |
c. Closed water tanks with clean water | |
d. Open water tanks with dirty water | |
e. Other | |
12. How can we avoid mosquito larvae? | GP |
a. Vaccination | |
b. Fumigation | |
c. Using repellent | |
d. Eliminating artificial containers that hold water | |
e. Using mosquito nets on doors and windows | |
f. Other | |
g. Unknown | |
13. How are breeding sites eliminated? | GP |
a. Sweeping and throwing out trash | |
b. Dusting | |
c. Throwing out objects that aren’t being used | |
d. Eliminating accumulated water | |
e. Cutting the grass | |
f. Unknown | |
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Perception | Participants |
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1. What are the main health problems that affect the community? | GP, HP |
2. Who are at risk of getting sick from a mosquito bite? | GP, HP |
3. How serious can a mosquito bite be? | GP, HP |
a. Not serious | |
b. Serious | |
c. Deadly | |
d. Unknown | |
4. Do you consider that you could get sick with dengue? | GP, HP |
a. Yes | |
b. No | |
5. Do you consider that you could get sick with chikungunya? | GP, HP |
a. Yes | |
b. No | |
6. Do you consider that you could get sick with zika? | GP, HP |
a. Yes | |
b. No | |
7. Which of the three diseases transmited by A. aegypti is the most serious? | GP, HP |
a. Dengue | |
b. Chikungunya | |
c. Zika | |
d. All | |
e. Unknown | |
8. Why do you believe that people don’t put into practice the recommendations to eliminate breeding sites? | GP, HP |
a. They don’t understand | |
b. Lack of interest | |
c. Laziness | |
d. Lack of information | |
e. Motive unknown | |
9. How would you rate the work of the vector program brigades to eliminate the A. aegypti mosquito? | |
a. Good | GP, HP |
b. Average | |
c. Insufficient | |
d. Bad | |
e. Unknown |
HP: Healthcare personnel; GP: General population.