Incidence, Risk Factors, and Epidemiology of Cystic Echinococcosis: A Complex Socioecological Emerging Infectious Disease in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Province of Pakistan
Table 9
Descriptive findings of livestock farmers (N=314) knowledge and awareness about transmission of CE infection in livestock and dogs.
Variables
Category
Number
%
Have you observed “proglottids” (Echinococcus) in dog stool?
(1) Yes
4
1.0
(2) No
380
97.9
If “YES”, do you know what these “proglottids” are?
(1) Yes
01
0.3
(2) No
383
98.7
If “YES”, do you know how a dog acquires this infection?
(1) Yes
01
0.3
(2) No
383
98.7
When you see the “proglottids’ in the dog stool
(1) Yes
00
00.0
(2) No
384
99.0
Have you observed cysts in the abdominal viscera of slaughtered livestock?
(1) Yes
134
34.5
(2) No
250
64.6
Which organs did you observe these cysts?
(1) Liver
194
50.0
(2) Lungs
114
29.4
(3) Mesentery
24
6.2
(4) Heart/kidney
52
13.4
If “YES”, do you know what these “cysts” are?
(1) Yes
08
2.1
(2) No
376
96.9
If “YES”, do you know how livestock acquire this infection?