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Table 3 Knowledge of practitioners on clinical features of 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

%

 

Clinical features anthranx

5

35.71

9

64.29

12

75.00

4

25.00

0.03

Clinical features brucellosis

10

66.67

5

33.33

8

50.00

8

50.00

0.35

Clinical features rabies

7

43.75

9

56.25

17

85.00

3

15.00

0.008

Clinical features trypanosomiasis

11

61.11

7

38.89

11

73.33

4

26.67

0.46

Clinical features bovine TB

7

53.85

6

46.15

3

25.00

9

75.00

0.23*

Clinical features echinococcosis

5

33.33

10

66.67

8

47.06

9

52.94

0.43

  1. * Fisher's exact test p value