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Table 2 Respondents knowledge of Ebola virus disease

From: Knowledge, perceptions and effects of Ebola virus disease outbreak on the pig value chain in the agro-pastoralist district of Luwero, Central Uganda

 

Response (%)

Knowledge assessment

Agree

Disagree

I don’t know

i) Ability to recall

 Ability to recall occurrence of Ebola outbreak

219 (95.6%)

8 (3.5%)

2 (0.9%)

ii) Transmission modea

 Handling Ebola Infected persons

194 (84.7%)

9 (3.9%)

25 (11.4%)

 Eating Bush meat

115 (50.2%)

45 (19%)

69 (30.1%)

 Eating monkey meat

148 (64.9%)

15 (6.6%)

65 (28.5%)

 Migration of people from Ebola endemic areas

191 (83.4%)

6 (2.6%)

32 (14%)

 Public meetings with Ebola infected persons

198 (86.5%)

6 (2.5%)

25 (10.9%)

 Eating pork/ touching pigs

56 (24.5%)

169 (73.8%)

4 (1.7%)

iii) Ebola clinical signsa

 Fever

142 (62.3%)

5 (2.2%)

81 (35.5%)

 Vomiting Blood

160 (71.1%)

3 (1.3%)

62 (27.6%)

 Diarrhea

171 (75.3%)

3 (1.3%)

53 (23.3%)

 Hemorrhage

168 (74.0%)

4 (1.8%)

55 (24.2%)

 Muscle Pain

84 (37.0%)

7 (3.1%)

136 (59.9%)

 Headache

85 (37.1%)

10 (4.5%)

177 (79.7%)

 Skin rash

21 (9.6%)

5 (2.3%)

192 (88.1%)

 Sore throat

35 (15.8%)

10 (4.5%)

177 (79.7%)

  1. a Multiple response