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?	(1) Yes	01	0.3
	(2) No	383	98.7