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Table 2 Field work data on malaria awareness among all Ra-glai informants (n = 101) and among those having been identified with malaria one month prior to the interview (n = 43)

From: Low perception of malaria risk among the Ra-glai ethnic minority in south-central Vietnam: implications for forest malaria control

 

n (%)

Respondents acknowledging that mosquitoes transmit fever (n = 101)

 

   - Yes

85 (84.2%)

   - No

16 (15.8%)

Respondents acknowledging 'malaria' ('sot ret'; 'lah sakih') (n = 101)

 

   - Yes

50 (49.5%)

   - No

51 (50.5%)

Did you ever have fever due to mosquito bites? (n = 43 malaria patients)

 

   - No

7 (16.3%)

   - Yes

19 (44.2%)

   - Don't know

17 (39.5%)

What kind of fever/disease were you treated for at the CHC? (n = 43)

 

   - Malaria

9 (20.9%)

   - "I don't know" & Other

34 (79.1%)