Areas of knowledge | N | % |
Signs suggestive of rabies |
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Behavioural problems: the person behaves like a dog | 120 | 40.0 |
Person bitten by a dog/animal | 108 | 36.0 |
Other answers | 14 | 4.7 |
Don’t know | 92 | 30.7 |
Animals vectors of rabies |
|
|
Dog | 239 | 79.7 |
Cat | 11 | 3.7 |
Monkey | 8 | 2.7 |
Rodents | 8 | 2.7 |
Ruminants | 5 | 1.7 |
Equidae | 5 | 1.7 |
Reptil | 9 | 3.0 |
Other answers | 6 | 2.0 |
Don’t know | 58 | 19.3 |
Transmission mode |
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|
Bite | 241 | 80.3 |
Scratch | 8 | 2.7 |
Licking | 5 | 1.7 |
Other answers | 3 | 1.0 |
Don’t know | 58 | 19.3 |
Knowledge of prévention measures |
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|
Wash the wound with plenty of water and soap | 2 | 0.7 |
I’ll go to a health facility | 240 | 80.0 |
Monitoring the animal | 2 | 0.7 |
Send the animal to a vet | 8 | 2.7 |
Other answers | 1 | 0.3 |
Don’t know | 23 | 7.7 |
Knowledge of the evolution of rabies declared |
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|
Deaths | 111 | 37.0 |
Healing | 97 | 32.3 |
Others answers | 5 | 1.7 |
Don’t know | 87 | 29.0 |