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Table 4 Knowledge of respondents related to symptoms and transmission of malaria, and mosquito behaviors, Chagni town, 2018

From: Malaria prevalence, knowledge, attitude, and practice among febrile patients attending Chagni health center, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Category

Frequency (%)

Ever heard about malaria

Yes

266 (97)

No

8 (3)

Malaria a health problem

Yes

266 (97)

No

8 (3)

Source of information

Health facility

37 (14)

Mass media (Radio and TV)

229 (86)

Malaria transmissible

Yes

162 (60.9)

No

104 (39.1)

Ways of malaria transmission

Through mosquito bite

156 (96.3)

Drinking contaminated water

6 (3.7)

Signs/symptoms of malaria

Fever

258 (97)

Chills and shivering

257 (96.6)

Headache

254 (95.4)

Loss of appetite

248 (93.2)

Joint pain

242 (90.9)

vomiting

235 (88.3)

When mosquitoes bite mostly

Day

6 (2.3)

Night

245 (92.1)

Anytime

5 (1.9)

Don’t know

10 (3.8)

Mosquito breeding sites

Stagnant water

228 (85.7)

Waste material

25 (9.4)

Houses

8 (3)

Don’t know

5 (1.9)

  1. Percentages do not add up to 100 because of multiple responses