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Table 4 Frontline service providers’ knowledge of predisposing risk factors and clinical presentation of rabies

From: Management of dog bites by frontline service providers in primary healthcare facilities in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, 2014–2015

Variable

Frequency (%)

Signs and symptoms of rabies

 Refusal to feed (Y/N)

75 (32.3)

 Convulsion (Y/N)

63 (27.2)

 Locked jaw (Y/N)

90 (38.8)

 Fever (Y/N)

151 (65.1)

 Barking like a dog (Y/N)

185 (79.7)

 Hydrophobia (Y/N)

160 (68.9)

 Others (Y/N)

107 (46.1)

Mode of transmission

 Human bite

1 (0.4)

 Snake bite

1 (0.4)

 Bite from a rabid animal

230 (99.2)

Risk factors for rabies

 Substance application on umbilical cord

1 (0.4)

 Unprovoked dog bite

195 (84.1)

 Cut by metal

3 (1.3)

 Cut by rusted metal

3 (1.3)

 Don’t know

30 (12.9)

Primary rabies reservoir

 Humans

2 (0.9)

 Dogs/cats

228 (98.3)

 Pigs

0 (0.0)

 Camels

0 (0.0)

 Cows

2 (0.9)

 Don’t know

0 (0.0)