Table 4 Knowledge about sand fly vector among the participants (n = 466)
Variables | Response categories | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
Can you identify and differentiate sand flies from other common flies and mosquitoes? | Yes | 229 (49.1) |
No | 237 (50.9) | |
Diseases transmitted by sand flies | Cutaneous leishmaniasis | 69 (14.8) |
Malaria | 64 (13.7) | |
Itching and allergy | 18 (3.9) | |
Nothing | 2 (0.4) | |
Others | 17 (3.6) | |
I don’t know | 296 (63.5) | |
Breeding places of sand flies | Swamps | 53 (11.4) |
Sewers | 19 (4.1) | |
Cattle and sheep dung | 78 (16.7) | |
Dry tree holes | 25 (5.4) | |
Valleys | 18 (3.9) | |
Others | 14 (3.0) | |
I don’t know | 259 (55.6) | |
Biting time of sand flies | From dusk to sunrise | 101 (21.7) |
Day time | 53 (11.4) | |
Any time | 29 (6.2) | |
Others | 8 (1.7) | |
I don’t know | 283 (60.7) | |
Methods to control sand flies | Using bed nets | 106 (22.7) |
Using insecticides | 48 (10.3) | |
Situating animal stables as distant as possible from dwellings | 12 (2.6) | |
Personal hygiene | 21 (4.5) | |
Others | 8 (1.7) | |
I don’t know | 271 (58.2) |