From: Cultural perception of triatomine bugs and Chagas disease in Bolivia: a cross-sectional field study
Ayoreo | Chiquitano | Guarani | Quechua | La Paz | Santa Cruz | Total | |
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% (n = 50) | % (n = 120) | % (n = 87) | % (n = 72) | % (n = 89) | % (n = 62) | % (n = 480) | |
Chagas disease | 24.0 | 68.3 | 58.6 | 44.4 | 25.8 | 43.5 | 47.3 |
Chagas symptoms mentioned | 6.0 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 3.8 |
It has a disease/s | 22.0 | 7.5 | 13.8 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 10.2 |
It makes us feel sick | 4.0 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 8.3 | na | na | 2.3 |
Lethal disease | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 5.6 | 3.4 | na | 2.7 |
Bites are a nuisance | 12.0 | 3.3 | 8.0 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 3.2 | 5.8 |
It sucks blood | 8.0 | 0.8 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
Poisonous | 4.0 | 3.3 | na | 5.6 | 5.6 | 9.7 | 4.4 |
Appearance | na | 1.7 | na | na | 11.2 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
Every bug is dangerous | na | 1.7 | na | na | 5.6 | na | 1.5 |
Other reason | 6.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | na | 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.3 |
Does not know | 6.0 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 9.7 | 14.6 | 16.1 | 8.1 |
Not dangerous | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 9.7 | 5.2 |