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Public knowledge, practices and perceptions on typhus fevers in Southern Sri Lanka
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Objective: To assess public knowledge, practices and perceptions on typhus fevers in Sri Lanka.Methods: A descriptive study was done in four selected typhus-prone areas in Southern Sri Lanka. A mixed-method was employed using face-to-face interviews and questionnaire-based surveys among confirmed cases of typhus and at-risk populations, respectively. Frequencies, percentages, and means were used to characterize socio-demography and evaluate disease awareness. Results: The lay terms for typhus fevers reported in the studied region were "peacock fever", "tick fever" and "bird fever". A total of 499 subjects participated [mean±SD, (45±16) years] in the questionnaire-based survey, and 13.6％ (n=68) reported past experience of typhus fever, 1.2％ (n=6) identified the disease as "typhus" while 58.7％ (n=293) and 11.8％ (n=59) knew it as 'peacock fever' and 'tick fever', respectively. The etiological agent was unknown to 95.2％ (n=475), but 53.5％ ((n=267) were aware that it was vector-borne. Fever (57.3％, n=286), eschar (35.7％, n=178), headache (22.0％, n=267) and myalgia (19.2％, n=96) were identified as key symptoms. Past disease experience was significantly associated with higher awareness of the main disease symptoms (fever: χ2=15.713, P<0.001; headache: χ2=19.447, P<0.001; lymphadenopathy: Fisher's exact test, P=0.023; eschar: χ2=12.049, P<0.001). None knew of any disease prevention methods. Participants with a past history of typhus fever had sought treatment at state hospitals (55.9％, 38/68) and private sector hospitals (5.9％, 4/68). Conclusions: Public awareness on preventive practices for typhus fevers was rare among the participants though vector-borne aspect was known to many. Clinical disease awareness was deficient among those without past experience of typhus fever. Community sensitization on vector avoidance strategies is highly recommended.
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Ashani Liyanage;Nilmini Chandrasena;Nayana Gunathilaka;Ruwan Sanjeewa;Ranjan Premaratna
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Rickettsial Disease Diagnostic and Research Laboratory,Faculty of Medicine,University of Kelaniya,Ragama,11010,Sri Lanka;Department of Parasitology,Faculty of Medicine,University of Kelaniya,Ragama 11010,Sri Lanka;Medical Officer of Health,Elpitiya,Ministry of Healthcare,Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine,80400,Sri Lanka;Department of Medicine,Faculty of Medicine,University of Kelaniya,Ragama 11010,Sri Lanka
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[1]Ashani Liyanage;Nilmini Chandrasena;Nayana Gunathilaka;Ruwan Sanjeewa;Ranjan Premaratna-.Public knowledge, practices and perceptions on typhus fevers in Southern Sri Lanka)[J].亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）,2022(05):206-212
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