02080nas a2200265 4500008004100000245009800041210006900139260001500208300000900223490000600232520132300238653001401561653001401575653002601589653001301615653001101628653001101639100001901650700002701669700002001696700002001716700001601736700001401752856004801766 2021 eng d00aKnowledge and Awareness about Leishmaniasis Disease in the General Public of Quetta, Pakistan0 aKnowledge and Awareness about Leishmaniasis Disease in the Gener cApril 2021 a9-130 v73 a

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.

10aAwareness10aKnowledge10aLeishmaniasis disease10aPakistan10aPublic10aQuetta1 aAhmed, Tanzeel1 aJadoon, Sarmad, Sheraz1 aWaqas, Muhammad1 aAmmar, Muhammad1 aJian, Liguo1 aZhang, Qi uhttps://www.jppcm.org/article/2021/7/1/9-13