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Table 2 Knowledge of practitioners of transmission of common zoonoses

From: Knowledge of causes, clinical features and diagnosis of common zoonoses among medical practitioners in Tanzania

Variable

Rural

Urban

Likelihood ratio/Fisher's exact test p-value

 

No. gave correct response

%

No. gave wrong response

%

No. gave correct response

%

No. gave wrong response

%

 

Transmission anthrax

9

69.23

4

30.77

15

93.75

1

6.25

0.14*

Transmission brucellosis

12

92.31

1

7.69

10

66.67

5

33.33

0.17*

Transmission Rabies

15

93.75

1

6.25

18

94.74

1

5.26

1*

Transmission trypanosomiasis

7

46.67

8

53.33

16

80.00

4

20.00

0.04

Transmission bovine TB

11

84.62

2

15.38

15

88.24

2

11.76

1 *

Transmission echinococcosis

4

23.53

13

76.47

8

44.44

10

55.56

0.19

  1. * Fisher's exact test p value