Public Knowledge about and Detection of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in Urban Divinópolis, Brazil
Table 2
Frequency of responses regarding leishmaniasis knowledge in four neighborhoods of Divinópolis, MG, Brazil.
Question
Number (%)
Neighborhood
DPI
DPII
ESP
BEL
Do you know what leishmaniasis is?*
Yes
13 (52)
10 (40)
13 (52)
13 (52)
No
12 (48)
15 (60)
12 (48)
12 (48)
Do you know how it is transmitted?*
Do not know
13 (52)
13 (52)
13 (52)
13 (52)
Sand fly
7 (28)
8 (32)
7 (28)
7 (28)
Dog
4 (16)
4 (16)
4 (16)
5 (20)
Other
1 (4)
0 (0)
1 (4)
0 (0)
Do you know the reservoir?*
Dog
10 (40)
11 (44)
12 (48)
16 (64)
Rat
6 (24)
3 (12)
4 (16)
4 (16)
Cat
1 (4)
2 (8)
0 (0)
1 (4)
Do not know
8 (32)
9 (36)
9 (36)
4 (16)
Do you know how to prevent?*
Do not know
8 (32)
10 (40)
10 (40)
5 (20)
Yard cleaning
9 (36)
11 (44)
7 (28)
11 (44)
Dog euthanasia
4 (16)
2 (8)
6 (24)
5 (20)
Water accumulation
1 (4)
2 (8)
0 (0)
3 (12)
Insecticides
2 (8)
0 (0)
1 (4)
1 (4)
Other
1 (4)
0 (0)
1 (4)
0 (0)
What would you do to help a suspected victim?
Take to hospital
19 (76)
21 (84)
18 (72)
19 (76)
Take to a health agent
6 (24)
3 (12)
4 (16)
6 (24)
Do not know
0 (0)
1 (4)
1 (4)
0 (0)
How would you treat leishmaniasis?**
No treatment
11 (44)
8 (32)
10 (40)
4 (16)
Glucantime
2 (8)
0 (0)
1 (4)
1 (4)
Antibiotics
0 (0)
2 (8)
1 (4)
1 (4)
Vaccine
1 (4)
1 (4)
0 (0)
4 (16)
Do not know
8 (32)
12 (48)
11 (44)
10 (40)
Other
3 (12)
2 (8)
2 (8)
5 (20)
DPI: Danilo Passos I; DPII: Danilo Passos II; ESP: Esplanada; BEL: Belvedere. No statistical difference was observed among the four neighborhoods (Kruskall-Wallis, ). No treatment in this case means that they are not aware that leishmaniasis has a treatment for humans.
