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Poll Study for Cross-sectional Analysis of Population Data on Rodent Zoonoses, Specifically Leptospirosis, in The North-Central Region of Algeria

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Veterinary Pathology & Animal Diseases

Abstract

The main objective of our study was to highlight the Blida region population knowledge status about rodent zoonosis, mainly leptospirosis. Data were collected through printed questionnaires applied to a sample of 252 interviewees. The data were entered and coded into tables in Microsoft Excel 2013 and then transferred into the R program for advanced analysis, frequencies were also calculated. The result showed that 91.3% of the respondents confirmed the transmission of the diseases from rodents to humans, however the knowledge about the main risk factors of transmission was insufficient; 38.5% of them stated that contamination occurs through rodent's bite, while, only 6.35% of the respondents cited contamination through contaminated food and 0.4 % of them cited contamination through sewage water. Plague was the most mentioned (23.01%) zoonosis. Some of the interviewees cited respectively, Malaria and Cholera (0.4%, 1.98%); however, these diseases are not associated with rodents. Regarding prophylaxis; 32.9% declared that cleaning and hygiene are necessary to avoid rodent's zoonosis transmission. Concerning leptospirosis, only 14.7% Heard or knew about the disease with urine as a principal factor of transmission cited by just 4.37% and jaundice as symptom by only 2% of the participants. Our study indicates the potential knowledge of the population of Blida about rodent zoonosis and its spread, which needs to be increased.  

DOI

10.21608/ejvs.2024.328398.2426

Keywords

Algeria, humans, leptospirosis, Rodents, Zoonosis

Authors

First Name

Lila

Last Name

Lekhal

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Laboratory of Biotechnologies related to Animal Reproduction, Institute of Veterinary Sciences, Saad Dahleb University Blida -1-, Algeria

Email

lilalili245@ymail.com

City

Blida

Orcid

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First Name

Bachir

Last Name

Medrouh

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Livestock Management, Production and Animal Health Division, Research Centre for Agropastoralism, Djelfa, Algeria

Email

medrouhbaepidemio15@gmail.com

City

Djelfa

Orcid

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First Name

Razika

Last Name

BOUKERT

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Saad Dahlab University

Email

razika555@live.fr

City

Blida

Orcid

0000-0002-0397-1668

First Name

Rachid

Last Name

Kaidi

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Laboratory of Biotechnologies related to Animal Reproduction, Institute of Veterinary Sciences, Saad Dahleb University Blida -1-, Algeria

Email

kaidirachid@gmail.com

City

Blida

Orcid

-

First Name

Djamel

Last Name

Khelef

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

High national veterinary school, oued smar, Algiers, Algeria.

Email

djamelkhelef@yahoo.fr

City

Algiers

Orcid

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Receive Date

2024-10-15

Publish Date

2024-12-18

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1

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11

Print ISSN

1110-0222

Online ISSN

2357-089X

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140

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/

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Poll Study for Cross-sectional Analysis of Population Data on Rodent Zoonoses, Specifically Leptospirosis, in The North-Central Region of Algeria

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Created At

23 Dec 2024