Volume 18, Number 6—June 2012
Research
Community Survey after Rabies Outbreaks, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Andrea M. McCollum
, Jesse D. Blanton, Robert C. Holman, Laura S. Callinan, Steven Baty, Randy Phillips, Michael Callahan, Craig Levy, Ken Komatsu, Rebecca Sunenshine, David L. Bergman, and Charles E. Rupprecht
, Jesse D. Blanton, Robert C. Holman, Laura S. Callinan, Steven Baty, Randy Phillips, Michael Callahan, Craig Levy, Ken Komatsu, Rebecca Sunenshine, David L. Bergman, and Charles E. Rupprecht
Table 3
Multivariate analysis of respondents’ rabies knowledge in Flagstaff, pet ownership, dog ownership, and translocation, with demographic and rabies-related characteristics*
| Characteristic | Odds ratio (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge of rabies in Flagstaff† | Pet owners | Dog owners | Translocators | |
| Concern about rabies in Flagstaff | ||||
| Concerned | 2.49 (1.21–5.15) | |||
| Not concerned | ||||
| Potential for contact with nuisance wild animal on property | ||||
| Yes | 16.33 (9.98–26.74) | |||
| No | Referent | |||
| Aware of quarantine in Flagstaff during 2009 | ||||
| Yes | 4.20 (2.67–6.62) | 2.24 (1.55–3.23) | ||
| No | Referent | Referent | ||
| Leash policy prevents pet exposure to rabid animals | ||||
| Yes | 0.39 (0.23–0.68) | 0.27 (0.17–0.44) | ||
| No | Referent | Referent | ||
| Years lived in Flagstaff | ||||
| >10 | 3.73 (1.77–7.86) | |||
| <10 | Referent | |||
| Sex | ||||
| F | 0.74 (0.56–0.96) | |||
| M | Referent | |||
| Characteristics interaction‡ | ||||
| Age >60 y | ||||
| Potential for contact with sick domestic animal | 0.96 (0.56–1.66) | 1.04 (0.60–1.83) | ||
| No potential for contact with sick domestic animal | Referent | Referent | ||
| Age <60 y | ||||
| Potential for contact with sick domestic animal | 2.78 (1.67–4.63) | 2.20 (1.46–3.27) | ||
| No potential for contact with sick domestic animal | Referent | Referent | ||
| Women | ||||
| Aware of quarantine | 5.42 (3.29–8.95) | |||
| Not aware of quarantine | Referent | |||
| Men | ||||
| AwaAware of quarantine | 1.37 (0.79–2.39) | |||
| NoNot aware of quarantine | Referent | |||
*Characteristics and interactions significant in the multivariate regression analysis, p<0.05.
†Knowledge of rabies in Flagstaff is defined as “yes” if the respondent 1) knew about the outbreak in Flagstaff and 2) knew the 3 main animals that have had rabies in Flagstaff (bat, skunk, fox).
‡Odds ratio estimates for individual terms involved in interaction are not displayed.
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