Table 5.

knowledge of the community member and professional respondents towards anthrax symptoms, transmission routes and control/prevention methods in humans

	Professionals		Community
Variable	Frequency (n = 62)	%	Frequency (n = 800)	%
Number who did not knew anthrax symptoms (n/%)	6	9.7	506	63.3
Number who knew anthrax symptoms (n/%)	56	90.3	294	36.8
Fever	39	62.9	181	22.4
Chills	28	45.1	80	10
Fatigue	31	50	37	4.6
Skin rash/wounds	41	66.1	68	8.5
Coughing	22	35.5	16	2
Lack of appetite	29	45.2	25	3.1
Headache	25	40.3	15	1.9
Irritability	15	24.1	10	1.3
Diarrhea	17	27.4	7	0.8
Vomiting	21	33.9	8	1
Sweating	21	33.9	12	1.5
Other (swelling, wound, pain, itching, etc)	1a	1.6a	102	12.8
Number who did not knew anthrax transmission (n/%)	6	9.7	639	79.9
Number who knew anthrax transmission (n/%)	56	90.3	161	20.1
Eating infected animal product (raw meat & milk)	52	83.9	127	15.9
Handling infected animals and animal products without protective clothing	28	45.1	66	8.3
Through contaminated soil	24	38.7	28	3.5
Number who did not knew anthrax control/prevention methods (n/%)	5	8.1	435	54.4
Number who knew anthrax control/prevention methods (n/%)	57	91.9	365	45.6
Avoid contact with anthrax infected animals	32	51.6	59	7.4
Avoid contact with anthrax infected people	22	35.5	35	4.4
By avoiding eating anthrax infected animal products	44	71	63	7.9
Bury all suspected anthrax carcasses	34	54.8	28	3.5
Burn all suspected anthrax animal carcasses	28	45.1	20	2.5
Bury and burn all suspected anthrax carcasses	22	35.5	7	0.9
Vaccinate animals	42	67.7	276	34.5
Using traditional medicine	–	–	10	1.3
Other (Keeping good hygiene/sanitation and nutrition)	–	–	9	1.1

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