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Awareness of residents about kala-azar and its related practices in two endemic areas of Bangladesh

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  • Farzana Saleh
  • Md Fazlarabbi Khan
  • Md Rowshan Kabir

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Kala-azar, a worldwide disease, is caused by the parasitic protozoan species of genus Leishmania and transmitted by species of sandflies. Awareness of the population about the disease is essential to run a successful control-strategies program. This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the awareness of residents about it and related practices in two highly-endemic areas of Bangladesh. In total, 511 household respondents were selected conveniently from two unions (Kushmail and Kanihari) under two sub-districts (Trishal and Fulbaria) of Mymensingh district. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were used for assessing the awareness of the respondents about kala-azar and their practices. Knowledge scores were categorized as poor ( mean +1SD). Statistical tests were considered significant at p value of ≤5% (≤0.05). Chi-squared and Student’s t-tests were performed for statistical analysis. The mean knowledge score of the respondents of Kanihari union regarding kala-azar was significantly higher than that of the respondents of Kushmail union (mean ±SD, 4.30 ±0.86 versus 4.12 ±0.75, p = 0.002). Of the respondents, 11% and 20% had good (>5.04), 77% and 72% had average (3.43–5.04), 12% and 8% had poor ( 3.39), 67% and 64% had average (3.39–1.75), and 11% and 17% had poor (

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  • Farzana Saleh & Md Fazlarabbi Khan & Md Rowshan Kabir, 2019. "Awareness of residents about kala-azar and its related practices in two endemic areas of Bangladesh," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(7), pages 1-15, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0219591
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219591
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