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Table 2 Knowledge about cutaneous leishmaniasis among the study participants (n = 466)

From: Knowledge and attitude towards cutaneous leishmaniasis among rural endemic communities in Shara’b district, Taiz, southwestern Yemen

Variables

Response categories

n (%)

Have seen individuals infected with CL

Yes

354 (76.0)

No

112 (24.0)

Signs and symptoms of CL

Skin ulcer

184 (39.5)

Itching and redness

59 (12.7)

Skin wound

51 (10.9)

Skin scar

44 (9.4)

Others

10 (2.1)

I don’t know

118 (25.3)

Mode of transmission of CL

Sand fly biting

60 (12.9)

Bites of mosquito & other flies

67 (14.4)

Autoinfection

15 (3.2)

Microorganisms

11 (2.4)

Direct skin contact

27 (5.8)

I don’t know

286 (61.4)

Period of CL incidence peak

Winter

79 (17.0)

summer

164 (35.2)

Autumn

2 (0.4)

Spring

2 (0.4)

I don’t know

219 (47.0)

Treatment options of CL

Herbal medicine

167 (35.8)

Chemotherapy

92 (19.7)

Cauterizing

10 (2.1)

Self-heal

5 (1.1)

Not treated

5 (1.1)

Others

2 (0.4)

I don’t know

185 (39.7)

Preventive measures of CL

Treating patients

93 (20.0)

Eradicating vector

34 (7.3)

Isolating patients

18 (3.9)

Improving awareness

25 (5.4)

Others

11 (2.4)

I don’t know

285 (61.2)