Research Article
Knowledge and Experiences of Health Professionals in the Peripheral Management of Leishmaniasis in Morocco (ELHajeb)
Table 2
Health professionals’ knowledge of leishmaniases, vector, and reservoirs.
| | Doctors () | Nurses () | Midwife () | Health technicians () | | Percentage |
| | The clinical manifestations of cutaneous leishmaniasis | Single skin lesion | 30 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 89 | 62% | | Multiple skin lesions | 11 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 57 | 40% | | Dry skin lesions | 13 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 35% | | Wet skin lesions | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6% | | Other signs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4% | | The clinical manifestations of visceral leishmaniasis | Splenomegaly | 32 | 53 | 12 | 7 | 104 | 73% | | Hepatomegaly | 25 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 87 | 61% | | Slimming | 22 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 84 | 59% | | Fever | 14 | 37 | 14 | 2 | 67 | 47% | | Hemorrhagic signs | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6% | | I do not know | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2% | | The reservoir of cutaneous leishmaniasis | Rodents | 41 | 61 | 14 | 7 | 123 | 86% | | Dog | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 22% | | Cat | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 12% | | Man | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 12% | | Livestock | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5% | | Insect | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4% | | I do not know | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1% | | The reservoir of visceral leishmaniasis | Rodents | 33 | 53 | 14 | 7 | 107 | 75% | | Dog | 16 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 39% | | Cat | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 11% | | Livestock | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7% | | Man | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4% | | I do not know | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3% | | The vector of leishmaniases | Sand flies | 29 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 80 | 56% | | Mosquitoes | 18 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 77 | 54% | | Anopheles | 9 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 25% | | Flies | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 16% | | Ticks | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7% |
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