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Table 2 Knowledge of CDDs (n=79) about onchocerciasis, Quara district, 2013

From: Knowledge, attitude and practice of community drug distributors’ about onchocerciasis and community directed treatment with ivermectin in Quara district, North Western Ethiopia

Indicative questions on knowledge

Response

Number (%)

Have you ever heard about the disease called onchocerciasis

Yes

79 (100.0)

No

0 (0.0)

The cause of the disease

Filarial worm

9 (11.4)

Black (river) fly

57 (72.2)

Mosquito

2 (2.5)

Living in poor environmental sanitation

3 (3.8)

Poor personal hygiene

4 (5.1)

Sun scorching

2 (2.5)

Being not vaccinated

2 (2.5)

Oncho transmits from person to person

Yes

63 (79.9)

No

11 (13.9)

I do not known

5 (6.3)

The mode of transmission of the disease

Black fly bite

57 (72.2)

Contact with infected persons

1 (1.3)

Mosquito bite

1 (1.3)

Through breath

2 (2.5)

Sharing clothes

1 (1.3)

Sexual contact

1 (1.3)

The signs and symptoms of the disease

Itching

62 (78.5)

Edema

31 (39.2)

Skin change

32 (40.5)

Oncho is preventable disease

Yes

78 (98.7)

No

0 (0.0)

I do not know

1 (1.3)