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Knowledge and Awareness about Leishmaniasis Disease in the General Public of Quetta, Pakistan

Tanzeel Ahmed1,2, Sarmad Sheraz Jadoon1, Muhammad Waqas3, Muhammad Ammar4, Liguo Jian5, Qi Zhang5★★ Corresponding author

  1. 1State Key Laboratory of Esophageal Cancer Prevention & Treatment, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, CHINA.
  2. 2Bolan Medical Complex Hospital, Quetta, PAKISTAN..
  3. 3Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Bolan University of Medical & Health Sciences, Quetta, PAKISTAN..
  4. 4Internal Medicine, Gulab Devi Hospital, Lahore, PAKISTAN..
  5. 5The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, CHINA..

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Qi Zhang

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, CHINA..

qizhang@zzu.edu.cn

Received: 14-01-2021; Revised: 15-02-2021; Accepted: 21-03-2021.

Volume 7, Issue 1 · pp. 9–13 · PUBLISHED · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2021.1.2

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Aim:This study attempted to assess knowledge and awareness about Leishmaniasis disease in Quetta city, Pakistan. Materials and Methods:This was a questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey where 387 study respondents were targeted using the non-probability convenience sampling method for data collection. SPSS v 22.0 was applied for data analysis and P≤0.05 was considered statically significant. The Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were performed to discover the relationship among variables. Results:Most respondents were from the age group 18-27 years 269 (69.5%) majority of whom were female 244 (64.0%). Most of the respondents had improved knowledge (73.6%), about the word Leishmaniasis, 50.6% of respondents were aware of the signs and symptoms, 54.8% of respondents were aware of the diagnosis, 64.3% of respondents had improved knowledge about treatment, 62.5% of the study population were aware of prevention and 40.8% of study respondents knew about the vaccination for leishmaniasis. Conclusion:This study exposed an overall better knowledge and awareness among the public about leishmaniasis disease and its causative agents, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and vaccination.

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    Ahmed, T., Jadoon, S. S., Waqas, M., Ammar, M., Jian, L., & Zhang, Q. (). Knowledge and Awareness about Leishmaniasis Disease in the General Public of Quetta, Pakistan. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine, 7(1), 9–13. https://doi.org/10.5530/jppcm.2021.1.2