Research Article
The Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and the Sand Fly: Knowledge and Beliefs of the Population in Central Morocco (El Hajeb)
Table 2
Citizens’ knowledge and beliefs about cutaneous leishmaniasis.
| Question | Answer | Number (n = 281) | Percentage (%) |
| Have you heard of cutaneous leishmaniasis? | Yes | 158 | 56.2 | No | 123 | 43.8 |
| Have you ever had or seen anyone with such skin lesions? (picture of cutaneous leishmaniasis) | Yes | 195 | 69.4 | No | 82 | 29.2 | No answer | 4 | 1.4 |
| What do you call these skin lesions? | Hboub Chniwla | 99 | 50.8 | Hboub Namos | 25 | 12.8 | Hboub timssi/Hboub Bonif | 22 | 11.3 | Nar Lfarsiya | 18 | 9.2 | Sorcery (magic) | 7 | 3.6 |
| In your opinion, are these skin lesions considered? | Very serious | 11 | 3.3 | Serious | 19 | 6.8 | Mildly severe | 87 | 31.0 | Never mind | 93 | 33.1 | I do not know | 71 | 25.3 |
| In your opinion, are these skin lesions curable? | Yes | 197 | 70.1 | No | 4 | 1.4 | I do not know | 80 | 28.5 |
| If yes, how is it possible? (you can answer several choices) | Through treatment by a health care professional | 124 | 44.1 | By treatment at the pharmacist’s | 34 | 12.1 | Use of home-prepared self-treatment recipes | 65 | 23.1 | By remedies from the traditional healer | 58 | 20.6 |
| In your avis, how can cutaneous leishmaniasis be transmitted to humans? (you can answer several choices) | By insect stings | 98 | 34.9 | By consuming contaminated food | 51 | 18.1 | By the polluted water | 26 | 9.3 | By the polluted air | 12 | 4.3 | By an animal bite | 9 | 3.2 | Other means | 16 | 5.7 | I do not know | 69 | 24.6 |
| If cutaneous leishmaniasis is transmitted to humans by insects, what kind of insects? | Chniwla | 53 | 54.1 | Namos (mosquitoes) | 23 | 23.5 | Spiders | 7 | 7.1 | Sand fly | 5 | 5.1 | Other insects | 8 | 8.1 | I do not know | 2 | 2.0 |
| In your opinion, is this skin disease preventable? | Yes | 174 | 61.9 | No | 88 | 31.3 | I do not know | 19 | 6.8 |
| If yes, what is the method? (you can answer several choices) | Avoid approaching or touching the person with the disease | 62 | 22.1 | Avoid infection by isolating the affected person | 12 | 4.3 | Avoid sick animals | 16 | 5.7 | Avoid insect stings | 84 | 29.9 |
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