Table 2.

Awareness rate of echinococcosis-related knowledge among residents of Xizang Autonomous Region, China, 2018 (N = 840)

Theme	Variables	Number of awareness	Rate (%)
Routes of human infection	Have you ever heard of echinococcosis?	826	98.3
	Contaminated food by dog manure containing insect eggs can cause disease in humans or livestock	759	90.4
	Contaminated water by dog manure containing insect eggs can cause disease in humans or livestock	745	88.7
	Cannot be transmitted by human-to-human	391	46.5
	Besides dogs, wolves and foxes can also transmit echinococcosis	586	69.8
Routes of dogs infection	Can be transmitted by dog-to-dog	213	25.4
	Cannot be transmitted by human-to-dog	422	50.2
	Dogs are infected by eating the uncooked viscera of sick cattle and sheep	704	83.8
Damage	Damage to human health	793	94.4
	Cause reduction of cattle and sheep production	704	83.8
Prevention	Expelling parasite for dogs	651	77.5
	Cannot feed dogs with uncooked viscera of livestock	722	86.0
	Handle dog manure (be burned or deeply buried)	693	82.5
	Don’t be in close contact with dogs in life (such as kissing or touching)	690	82.1
	Wash hands frequently and before meals to develop good personal hygiene habits	771	91.8