Table 2 Lassa fever knowledge

Lassa fever is a viral disease:

Yes

163

93.1

No

5

2.9

Incubation period ranges for 1–3 weeks:

Yes

100

57.1

No

64

36.6

Reservoir – rat:

Yes

169

96.6

No

3

1.7

Transmitted by rat biting:

Yes

34

19.4

No

131

74.9

Cases are characterized by fever >38°C:

Yes

144

85.2

No

25

14.8

Retrosternal pain is a common symptom:

Yes

66

41.5

No

93

58.5

Bleeding from mucosal surface is a sign:

Yes

142

84.5

No

26

15.5

Vomiting and shock is rarely observed:

Yes

43

25.3

No

127

74.7

Proteinuria is suggestive:

Yes

44

27.2

No

127

72.8

Fever refractory to treat and mucosal bleeding is a sign:

Yes

134

79.3

No

35

20.7

Absence of profuse mucosal bleeding exclude diagnosis:

Yes

5

3

No

161

97

Pediatrics clients are excluded from diagnosis:

Yes

3

1.8

No

164

98.2

Cases can be confirmed without lab diagnosis:

Yes

28

17.1

No

136

82.9

Aerosol transmission:

Yes

57

34.8

No

107

65.2

Causative organism penetrates unbroken skin:

Yes

37

22.8

No

125

77.2

Cases cease to be infectious after acute phase:

Yes

18

11.0

No

146

89.0

Semen of case is capable of transmitting infection:

Yes

71

43.0

No

94

57.0

Jaundice is a common manifestation:

Yes

103

62.4

No

62

37.6

Bodies of dead cases constitute potential harm:

Yes

122

73.1

No

45

26.9