Table 1 Knowledge of human brucellosis among household heads from nomadic pastoralists and mixed farming households, 2012–2013
Variable | Category | Total | Nomadic Pastoralists | Mixed Farmers | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
Total households | Â | 575 (100.0) | 204 (35.5) | 371 (64.5) | Â |
County | Kiambu | 350 (60.9) | 8 (3.92) | 342 (92.2) | < 0.001 |
Marsabit | 225 (39.1) | 196 (96.1) | 29 (7.82) | ||
Heard of brucellosisa | Yes | 479 (83.6) | 171 (83.8) | 308 (83.5) | 0.874 |
No | 89 (15.5) | 32 (15.7) | 57 (15.4) | Â | |
Are humans affected by brucellosisa | Yes | 431 (89.0) | 148 (86.0) | 283 (90.7) | 0.073 |
No | 11 (2.3) | 7 (4.07) | 4 (1.28) | Â | |
Don’t know | 42 (8.7) | 17 (9.9) | 25 (8.01) |  | |
How do humans get brucellosis? | Eating uncooked/ undercooked meat from an infected animal | 90 (15.7) | 11 (5.4) | 79 (21.4) | < 0.001 |
Milking | 59 (10.3) | 6 (3.0) | 53 (14.4) | < 0.001 | |
Drinking/eating raw dairy products | 26 (4.5) | 3 (1.5) | 23 (6.2) | 0.016 | |
Contact with aborted animal fetus | 13 (2.3) | 4 (2.0) | 9 (2.4) | 0.76 | |
Herding | 10 (1.75) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (2.7) | 0.017 | |
Slaughtering animals | 4 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (1.1) | 0.304 | |
Don’t know | 146 (25.5) | 68 (33.3) | 78 (21.1) | 0.003 | |
Signs and symptoms of brucellosis | Chills | 437 (76.3) | 83 (40.7) | 354 (95.9) | < 0.001 |
Lack of appetite | 195 (34.0) | 163 (79.9) | 32 (8.67) | < 0.001 | |
Joint pains | 102 (17.8) | 94 (46.1) | 8 (2.2) | < 0.001 | |
Fatigue | 76 (13.3) | 74 (36.3) | 2 (0.5) | < 0.001 | |
How is brucellosis prevented? | Boiling milk | 104 (18.2) | 8 (3.9) | 96 (26.0) | < 0.001 |
Medication | 54 (9.4) | 26 (12.7) | 28 (7.6) | 0.058 | |
Vaccination | 15 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (4.1) | 0.01 | |
Other methods | 26 (4.5) | 5 (2.5) | 21 (5.7) | 0.115 |