Table 1. The awareness of brucellosis knowledge and the relationship between their seroprevalence among high-risk populations in Shanxi and Xinjiang from 2019 to 2020.

Questions	Having awareness	Infected	Uninfected	Total	Awareness rate (%)	Seroprevalence (%)	P-value
* The response was depended on those who answered “yes” for the first question. † These were multiple-choice questions. The “yes” means who answered more than 70% of the questions correctly. § The “yes” means who answered all five questions correctly. ¶ Results from Fisher’s exact test. ** The seroprevalence difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).
All		62	2,322	2,384		2.60
Have you heard of brucellosis?	Yes	60	2,248	2,308	96.81	2.60	1.000 ¶
	No	2	74	76		2.63
What behaviors may cause a person to contract brucellosis? *,†	Yes	29	1,165	1,194	50.08	2.43	0.597
	No	33	1,157	1,190		2.77
Can brucellosis be prevented? *	Yes	35	1,623	1,658	69.55	2.11	0.023 **
	No	27	699	726		3.72
What are the symptoms of brucellosis? *,†	Yes	27	1,207	1,234	51.76	2.19	0.190
	No	35	1,115	1,150		3.04
Which domestic animals can transmit brucellosis? *,†	Yes	13	747	760	31.88	1.71	0.062
	No	49	1,575	1,624		3.02
Awareness §	Yes	8	415	423	17.74	1.89	0.312
	No	54	1,907	1,961		2.75