Knowledge of community on hemorrhagic fever in Kirkuk province-Iraq
Keywords:
Viral haemorrhagic fevers, Knowledge, Attitude, Kirkuk-IraqAbstract
Back ground: Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) are febrile illness caused by RNA virus. Human infection occurs through contact with animal-vectors or other infected humans. Objective; The object of present study was to determine the knowledge, regarding viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) among different groups of population at Kirkuk- Iraq.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted during period from April –November among the officials and university students. A questionnaire was formulated which included demographic data of the respondents and their knowledge toward viral haemorrhagic fever. Results: Regarding the knowledge of the studied samples on the causative agent, the vast majority knew that the cause was virus in a percentage of (67.61%), while (85.7%) had the correct information that the disease is transmitted from animals. Finally about half of the participant (50.47%) knew that gathering is an important risk factor of infection, followed by health centers (35.23%) and the lowest was the general parks (14.28%). In the field of prevention it was clear that most participants (99.o4%) knew that notification is the best way of prevention and control of the disease and 93.30%) knew that isolation of patient is a correct way of prevention.
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