Table 2.
Knowledge of resident community about visceral leishmaniasis.
| Variables | Sex of the Participants |
Total (n = 422) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male (n = 228) | Female (n = 194) | ||
| Perception on signs and symptoms of VL | |||
| Enlargement of spleen and liver | 200 (87.7%) | 172 (88.7%) | 372 (88.2%) |
| Fever | 114 (50.0%) | 90 (46.4%) | 204 (48.3%) |
| Loss of weight | 90 (39.5%) | 69 (35.5%) | 159 (37.7%) |
| Epistaxis/phlebitis | 23 (10.1%) | 19 (9.8%) | 42 (10.0%) |
| Loss of appetite | 51 (22.4%) | 49 (25.3%) | 100 (23.7%) |
| Abdomen pain | 50 (21.9%) | 34 (17.5%) | 84 (19.9%) |
| Shortness of breath | 22 (9.6%) | 15 (7.7%) | 37 (8.8%) |
| Coughing | 36 (15.8%) | 13 (6.7%) | 49 (11.6%) |
| Transmission of VL by: | |||
| Sand fly bites | 115 (50.4%) | 105 (54.1%) | 220 (52.1%) |
| Mosquito bites | 83 (36.4%) | 73 (37.6%) | 156 (37.0%) |
| Coughing | 46 (20.2%) | 42 (21.6%) | 88 (20.9%) |
| Sharing needles and tooth brush | 68 (29.8%) | 37 (19.1%) | 105 (24.9%) |
| Sharing utensils | 121 (53.0%) | 111 (57.2%) | 232 (55.0%) |
| Contact to infected dogs | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0% |
| Prevention of VL transmission avoiding | |||
| Sand fly bites | 125 (54.8%) | 101 (52.1%) | 226 (53.6%) |
| Mosquito bites | 98 (43.0%) | 65 (33.5%) | 163 (38.6%) |
| Sharing utensils | 83 (36.4%) | 58 (29.9%) | 141 (33.4%) |
| Sharing needles and tooth brush | 40 (17.5%) | 24 (12.4%) | 64 (15.2%) |