RESEARCH ARTICLE
Rabies: Knowledge and Practices Regarding Rabies in Rural Communities of the Brazilian Amazon Basin Lanna Jamile Corrêa da Costa*, Marcus Emanuel Barroncas Fernandes Laboratory of Mangrove Ecology, Institute of Coastal Studies, Federal University of Pará, Bragança, Brazil * [email protected]
Abstract Background
OPEN ACCESS Citation: Costa LJCd, Fernandes MEB (2016) Rabies: Knowledge and Practices Regarding Rabies in Rural Communities of the Brazilian Amazon Basin. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 10(2): e0004474. doi:10.1371/ journal.pntd.0004474 Editor: Charles E Rupprecht, AHA, UNITED STATES Received: October 21, 2015 Accepted: January 28, 2016 Published: February 29, 2016 Copyright: © 2016 Costa, Fernandes. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Data Availability Statement: All relevant data are within the paper. Funding: This work was supported by Amazon Fund of the National Economic and Social Development Bank(BNDES)/ Foundation for the Support and Development of Research (FADESP) (Grant number: 3052) (http://www.fundoamazonia.gov.br), and Vale/ Amazon Foundation of Support for Studies and Research (Fapespa) (Grant number: 068/2011) (http://www.fapespa.pa.gov.br). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
The occurrence of outbreaks of human rabies transmitted by Desmodus rotundus in Brazil in 2004 and 2005 reinforced the need for further research into this zoonosis. Studies of knowledge and practices related to the disease will help to define strategies for the avoidance of new cases, through the identification of gaps that may affect the preventive practices.
Methodology/Principal findings A semi-structured questionnaire was applied to 681 residents of twelve communities of northeastern Pará state involved in the 2004 and 2005 outbreaks mentioned above. The objective was to evaluate the local knowledge and practices related to the disease. We found a highly significant difference (p
Rabies: Knowledge and Practices Regarding Rabies in Rural Communities of the Brazilian Amazon Basin Lanna Jamile Corrêa da Costa*, Marcus Emanuel Barroncas Fernandes Laboratory of Mangrove Ecology, Institute of Coastal Studies, Federal University of Pará, Bragança, Brazil * [email protected]
Abstract Background
OPEN ACCESS Citation: Costa LJCd, Fernandes MEB (2016) Rabies: Knowledge and Practices Regarding Rabies in Rural Communities of the Brazilian Amazon Basin. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 10(2): e0004474. doi:10.1371/ journal.pntd.0004474 Editor: Charles E Rupprecht, AHA, UNITED STATES Received: October 21, 2015 Accepted: January 28, 2016 Published: February 29, 2016 Copyright: © 2016 Costa, Fernandes. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Data Availability Statement: All relevant data are within the paper. Funding: This work was supported by Amazon Fund of the National Economic and Social Development Bank(BNDES)/ Foundation for the Support and Development of Research (FADESP) (Grant number: 3052) (http://www.fundoamazonia.gov.br), and Vale/ Amazon Foundation of Support for Studies and Research (Fapespa) (Grant number: 068/2011) (http://www.fapespa.pa.gov.br). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
The occurrence of outbreaks of human rabies transmitted by Desmodus rotundus in Brazil in 2004 and 2005 reinforced the need for further research into this zoonosis. Studies of knowledge and practices related to the disease will help to define strategies for the avoidance of new cases, through the identification of gaps that may affect the preventive practices.
Methodology/Principal findings A semi-structured questionnaire was applied to 681 residents of twelve communities of northeastern Pará state involved in the 2004 and 2005 outbreaks mentioned above. The objective was to evaluate the local knowledge and practices related to the disease. We found a highly significant difference (p
