Research Article
The Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and the Sand Fly: Knowledge and Beliefs of the Population in Central Morocco (El Hajeb)
Table 4
Citizens’ knowledge and beliefs about the sand fly.
| Question | Answer | Number (n = 281) | Percentage (%) |
| In your opinion, is there a difference between sand fly and mosquitoes? | Yes | 196 | 69.8 | No | 76 | 27.0 | I do not know | 9 | 3.2 |
| What do you call sand fly? | Chniwla | 173 | 61.6 | Namos | 97 | 34.5 | I do not know | 11 | 3.2 |
| Do you know the breeding grounds of sand fly? | Water of all kinds | 116 | 41.3 | Stagnant water | 32 | 11.4 | Polluted water | 64 | 22.8 | Damp places | 19 | 6.8 | Dry places | 3 | 1.1 | Cold places | 22 | 7.8 | Dirty and polluted places | 81 | 28.8 | Waste and garbage disposal places | 128 | 45.6 | Human excrement | 62 | 22.1 | Animal manure | 48 | 17.1 | I do not know | 47 | 16.7 |
| Have you ever received information on diseases transmitted by sand fly? | Yes | 99 | 35.2 | No | 182 | 64.8 |
| If yes, from whom? | Internet | 47 | 47.5 | Friend/Neighbour | 45 | 45.5 | Television | 39 | 39.4 | Health care professional | 24 | 24.2 | Radio | 6 | 6.1 | School | 2 | 2.0 |
| In your opinion, can sand fly transmit diseases? | Yes | 95 | 33.8 | No | 124 | 44.1 | I do not know | 62 | 22.1 |
| If yes, to whom can diseases be transmitted? | The human | 67 | 70.5 | The animal | 26 | 27.4 | Human and animal | 76 | 80.0 | Trees and plants | 4 | 4.2 | I do not know | 19 | 20.0 |
| What are these diseases? | Skin diseases | 87 | 91.6 | Allergy | 36 | 37.9 | Fever | 23 | 24.2 | Cutaneous leishmaniasis | 21 | 22.1 | Eye diseases | 17 | 17.9 | Diarrhoea | 7 | 7.4 | Malaria | 3 | 3.2 | Asthma | 2 | 2.1 | Influenza | 2 | 2.1 | Yes, but I do not know the name of the disease | 7 | 8.4 |
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