Volume 13, Number 5—May 2007
Research
Plague and the Human Flea, Tanzania
Anne Laudisoit*†
, Herwig Leirs*‡, Rhodes H. Makundi§, Stefan Van Dongen*, Stephen Davis*, Simon Neerinckx*¶, Jozef Deckers¶, and Roland Libois†
, Herwig Leirs*‡, Rhodes H. Makundi§, Stefan Van Dongen*, Stephen Davis*, Simon Neerinckx*¶, Jozef Deckers¶, and Roland Libois†Table 3
Questionnaire responses about plastering frequency, Lushoto District, Tanzania
| How many times per week do you plaster the floor? | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Village |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
n* |
| Low frequency |
||||||||
| Dule | 10 | – | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | – | 20 |
| Mtae | 9 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| Handei | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 20 |
| Kiranga | 13 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | – | 2 | 33 |
| Magamba |
24 |
6 |
3 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
52 |
| High frequency |
||||||||
| Goka | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 20 |
| Mambo | 5 | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | 10 | 20 |
| Nkelei | 6 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 13 | 20 |
| Shume | 11 | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 20 |
| Emao | 26 | – | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 41 |
| Gologolo | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 26 |
| Manolo |
5 |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
3 |
9 |
| Total | 118 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 26 | 5 | 105 | 301 |
*No. respondents per village.
