Table 1 Knowledge of respondents about the causes and symptoms of malaria according to survey site, Central Africa Republic, 2009
Lobaye (n = 589) | Ouham (n = 731) | Ouaka (n = 685) | Bangui (n = 915) | All (N = 2920) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cause | Mosquito bite | 63.3 | 73.3 | 72.0 | 56.2 | 65.5 |
Cold weather | 59.6 | 48.0 | 79.0 | 79.7 | 67.5 | |
Intestinal worms | 35.0 | 43.2 | 20.1 | 29.9 | 32.0 | |
Fatigue | 1.4 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.7 | |
Sorcerer, evil spirits | 4.1 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 3.4 | |
Signs and symptoms | Abdominal pain | 53.5 | 68.3 | 72.0 | 64.9 | 65.1 |
Yellowish urine | 46.5 | 38.2 | 28.5 | 47.0 | 40.3 | |
Fever | 42.6 | 17.1 | 44.1 | 50.8 | 39.1 | |
Convulsions | 40.1 | 36.3 | 61.5 | 42.4 | 44.9 | |
Muscle pain | 20.4 | 45.4 | 27.2 | 37.3 | 33.5 | |
Diarrhoea | 24.4 | 13.8 | 29.6 | 26.0 | 23.5 | |
Chills | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 12.3 | 8.3 | |
Pallor | 5.4 | 1.4 | 9.5 | 5.7 | 5.4 | |
Vomiting | 1.4 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 5.1 | 3.5 | |
Headache | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.4 |