Response | No. (% of total) | ||
---|---|---|---|
Mode of acquiring LF infection | Mode of acquiring hydrocele | Mode of acquiring elephantiasis | |
Don’t know | 418 (56.0) | 417 (55.8) | 398 (53.3) |
Mosquito bite | 295 (39.5) | 280 (37.5) | 312 (41.8) |
Stepping on unclean mattera | 9 (1.2) | 13 (1.7) | 13 (1.7) |
Living/sleeping with infected person | 7 (0.9) | 7 (0.9) | 5 (0.7) |
Sex with infected person | 4 (0.5) | 4 (0.5) | 3 (0.4) |
Sex during menstrual period | 2 (0.3) | 10 (1.3) | 4 (0.5) |
Witchcraft | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.3) | 6 (0.8) |
Injury | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.3) |
Infection with parasites | 3 (0.4) | 2 (0.3) | – |
Inherited | 3 (0.4) | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.3) |
God’s decision | – | – | 2 (0.3) |
Other causes | 2b (1.9) | 8c(1.1) | – |