Table 2.

The Physicians’ Knowledge of the Diseases (Events) That Should Be Reported Immediately or Weekly.

Event	Report immediately		Report weekly (routinely)		Do not report
	N	%	N	%	N	%
10-year-old boy complain of acute weakness in one extremity or more	134	60.1a	45	20.2	44	19.7
A patient complain of fever and nonvesicular rash	50	22.4a	81	36.3	92	41.3
Animal bite	90	40.4	104	46.6a	29	13.0
Hepatitis A	81	36.3	104	46.6a	38	17.0
Food poisoning	147	65.9a	41	18.4	35	15.7
Meningococcal encephalitis	181	81.2a	28	12.6	14	6.3
Rabies	175	78.5a	37	16.6	11	4.9
A person with a cough lasting at least 2 weeks with inspiratory whooping	68	30.5a	106	47.5	49	22.0
Pancreatitis	22	9.9	34	15.2	167	74.9a
Laryngitis or pharyngitis or tonsillitis and an adherent membrane of the tonsils	60	26.9a	55	24.7	108	48.4
Acute onset of unilateral or bilateral tender, self-limited swelling of the parotid or other salivary gland, lasting 2 or more days	67	30.0	94	42.2a	62	27.8
Acute appendicitis	30	13.5	24	10.8	169	75.8a
Chickenpox (varicella)	80	35.9	114	51.1a	29	13.0
Sudden onset of fever; jaundice, and hemorrhagic signs	122	54.7a	54	24.2	47	21.1
Diarrhea twice daily	23	10.3	59	26.5	141	63.2a
Child under 5 years old with watery diarrhea and fever	70	31.4	93	41.7a	60	26.9
Otitis media	16	7.2	35	15.7	172	77.1a
Cutaneous leishmaniasis	88	39.5	110	49.3a	25	11.2
Brucellosis	84	39.2	107	50a	23	10.7
Hydatid cysts (echinococcosis)	48	21.5	103	46.2a	72	32.3
Corona (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus)	180	80.7a	27	12.1	16	7.2

^aThe correct answer.