Table 1 Knowledge and attitudes of respondents related to the cause, transmission and symptoms of malaria (N = 144), Woreta town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2013
Characteristics | Categories | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Cause of malaria | Mosquitoes | 99 (68.5) |
Plasmodium | 35 (24.3) | |
Worms | 8 (5.6) | |
Unknown | 2 (1.4) | |
Ways of malaria transmission | Bite of mosquitoes | 113 (78.5) |
Unsafe water | 16 (11.1) | |
Contaminated food | 10 (6.9) | |
Personal contact | 5 (1.1) | |
Symptoms of malaria | Fever | 49 (34.0) |
Shivering | 36 (25.0) | |
Sweating | 21 (4.6) | |
Head ache | 20 (13.9) | |
Unknown | 18 (12.5) |