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