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Table 2 Diagnostic practices regarding chikungunya and dengue infection among healthcare workers (N = 205)

From: Healthcare workers knowledge and diagnostic practices: a need for dengue and chikungunya training in Moshi Municipality, Kilimanjaro Tanzania

Variable

Chikungunya

Dengue

n (%)

n (%)

Is there a vaccine for (Chikungunya or Dengue infection)?

Yes

5 (2.5)

18 (8.8)

No

77 (37.6)

122 (59.5)

Don’t know

123 (60.0)

65 (31.7)

Is there any tools for laboratory diagnosis of (Chikungunya or Dengue infection)?

Yes

80 (39.0)

105 (51.3)

No

24 (11.7)

46 (22.4)

Don’t know

101 (49.3)

54 (26.3)

In your facility, do you have diagnostic tools for (Chikungunya or Dengue infection)?

Yes

2 (1.0)

3 (1.5)

No

203 (99.0)

202 (98.5)

Absences diagnostic lead to difficulties in managing the infections

Yes

195 (95.1)

199 (97.0)

No

0 (0.0)

3 (1.5)

Don’t know

10 (4.9)

3 (1.5)

Diagnostic method for (Chikungunya or Dengue infection)?

PCR

24 (11.5)

51 (24.9)

Rapid diagnostic test

32 (15.6)

47 (22.9)

ELISA

43 (21.0)

50 (24.4)

Don’t know

106 (51.7)

57 (27.8)

How do you advice patients to prevent themselves against (Chikungunya or Dengue infection)?

Wearing long clothes at afternoon

43 (21.0)

56 (27.3)

Use of repellents

94 (45.9)

139 (67.8)

Use of blankets at night

11 (5.4)

5 (2.4)

Don’t know

57 (27.8)

5 (2.4)

  1. PCR polymerase chain reaction, ELISA Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay