Doxycycline Usage for Prevention of Leptospirosis among Farmers and Reasons for Failure to Use Chemoprophylaxis: A Descriptive Study from Southern Sri Lanka

Table 3

Knowledge about the transmission of leptospirosis among farmers.

	Number of farmers who had the knowledge	%
Have heard about the disease	319	100
Knowledge about the Reservoir
Rat	284	89.0 (85.1-92.0)
Cattle	11	3.4 (1.94-6.07)
Other	2	0.6 (0.1-2.2)
Don’t know	33	10.3 (7.46-14.1)
Mode of exposure to disease
Contact with contaminated mud or water by rat urine	216	67.7 (62.4-72.6)
direct contact with rat urine	83	26.0 (21.5-31.1)
Working in paddy field	4	1.3 (0.4-3.1)
Don’t know	12	3.8 (2.1-6.4)
Entry to disease to the body
Through wounds	258	80.9 (76.2-84.8)
Mucous membrane	35	11.0 (8-14.8)
Undamaged skin	29	9.1 (6.4-12.7)
Don’t know	48	15.0 (11.3-19.3)
High mortality from disease
Yes	288	90.3 (86.5-93.0)
No	25	7.8 (5.3-11.3)
Don’t know	5	1.6 (0.6-3.6)