Nível de conhecimento da população sobre leishmaniose animal no município de São Luís/MA

Abstract

Leishmaniasis is a disease with wide distribution throughout Brazil and can affect both animals and humans, and due to its high occurrence and high degree of lethality, it assumes great importance in public health. In this study, the population’s knowledge about Animal Leishmaniasis was evaluated in a population group in the municipality of São Luís / MA, through questionnaires applied by the Google forms platform. Of the total of 100 people who completed the questionnaire, 74.7% said they had heard about the disease, 75% knew the mode of transmission. 69.7% adopt some preventive measure against the disease. Significant variations were observed regarding family income, but not as much as the level of education. In general, the level of knowledge of the studied population proved to be good, but there is still a lack of information in some aspects, regarding the form of disease transmission, control and even prevention, thus there is a need for greater dissemination of the disease and its particularities.