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Table 3 Knowledge on malaria and the role of mosquitoes in malaria transmission among students in senior high schools and tertiary institutions in Cape Coast Metropolis

From: The potential role of the educational system in addressing the effect of inadequate knowledge of mosquitoes on use of insecticide-treated nets in Ghana

Educational level

Why dislike mosquitoes

How mosquito transmit diseases

Knowledge on malaria

 

Diseases/bite (%)

Other (%)

Bite (%)

Other (%)

Mosquito linked (%)

Other (%)

High school

82.6

17.4

88.4

11.6

41.8

58.2

Tertiary

94.4

5.6

89.7

10.3

50.5

49.5