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Table 4 Knowledge on Lassa fever reporting

From: Diagnostic proficiency and reporting of Lassa fever by physicians in Osun State of Nigeria

Variable

Frequency (n)

Percentage (%)

Critical minimum number of cases must be observed before reporting:

  

True

30

19.4

Not true

125

80.6

Suspected case:

  

True

138

82.5

Not true

28

17.5

Confirmed case:

  

True

43

27

Not true

116

73

Weekly reporting:

  

True

58

38.9

Not true

91

61.1

Federal:

  

True

79

50

Not true

79

50

State:

  

True

83

52.5

Not true

75

47.5

Local:

  

True

67

43.8

Not true

86

56.2