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Table 4 Knowledge of urban and rural practitioners on diagnosis 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

%

 

Diagnosis anthrax

7

43.75

9

56.25

10

58.82

7

41.18

0.38

Diagnosis brucellosis

13

86.67

2

13.33

9

56.25

7

43.75

0.11*

Diagnosis rabies

5

33.33

10

66.67

9

60.00

6

40.00

0.14

Diagnosis trypanosomiasis

12

75.00

4

25.00

16

84.21

3

15.79

0.68*

Diagnosis bovine TB

2

33.33

4

66.67

8

47.06

9

52.94

0.66*

Diagnosis echinococcosis

12

75.00

4

25.00

15

78.95

4

21.05

0.09

  1. * Fisher's exact test p value