Knowledge, attitudes, and behavioural risk factors regarding zoonotic infections among bushmeat hunters and traders in Nsukka, southeast Nigeria
| Autor: | Chris Ikem Okoye, Kingsley Uchenna Ozioko, Raymond Awudu Agbu, Rose Nduka Obiezue |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Risk medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Meat Psychological intervention Wildlife lcsh:Medicine Nigeria medicine.disease_cause 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Environmental health Surveys and Questionnaires Zoonoses medicine Animals Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Bushmeat Ebola virus Zoonotic Infection business.industry Transmission (medicine) Pathogen Public health lcsh:R Zoonotic Commerce Outbreak General Medicine Cross-Sectional Studies Knowledge Attitude Female Original Article business 030215 immunology |
| Zdroj: | Epidemiology and Health Epidemiology and Health, Vol 40 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2092-7193 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES In light of the dramatic spread of Ebola virus in some parts of Africa and the 2014 outbreak in Nigeria, a study was conducted to evaluate bushmeat dealers’ knowledge and attitudes about zoonotic infections and the risk of transmission to humans. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted in a community in Nsukka, southeast Nigeria. Hunters (n=34) and bushmeat traders (n=42) were interviewed. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to generate the data. The Fisher exact test was used to evaluate the significance of differences between these groups. RESULTS Only 11.8% of the hunters, as compared to 35.7% of the traders, had no knowledge of possible causes of zoonotic infections (p |
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