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Volume 26, Number 1—January 2020
Research

Risk Factors for and Seroprevalence of Tickborne Zoonotic Diseases among Livestock Owners, Kazakhstan

Jennifer R. HeadComments to Author , Yekaterina Bumburidi, Gulfaira Mirzabekova, Kumysbek Rakhimov, Marat Dzhumankulov, Stephanie J. Salyer, Barbara Knust, Dmitriy Berezovskiy, Mariyakul Kulatayeva, Serik Zhetibaev, Trevor Shoemaker, William L. Nicholson, and Daphne Moffett
Author affiliations: Association of Schools and Programs for Public Health, Washington, DC, USA (J.R. Head); Public Health Institute, San Francisco, California, USA (J.R. Head); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J.R. Head, S.J. Salyer, B. Knust, T. Shoemaker, W.L. Nicholson); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Almaty, Kazakhstan (Y. Bumburidi, D. Berezovskiy, D. Moffett); Zhambyl Oblast Public Health Protection Department, Taraz, Kazakhstan (G. Mirzabekova, K. Rakhimov); Zhambyl Oblast Health Department, Taraz (M. Dzhumankulov); Zhambyl Oblast Sanitary Epidemiology Expertise Center, Taraz (M. Kulatayeva, S. Zhetibaev)

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Table 4

Comparison of respondent attitudes between CCHF-endemic villages and non–CCHF-endemic villages in survey of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Kazakhstan*

Attitudes
 CCHF-endemic, n = 442
 Non–CCHF-endemic, n = 506
 p value
No. respondents†
 % Respondents (95% CI)
No. respondents†
 % Respondents (95% CI)
Among all persons
Ticks are a problem in the community 0.05
Major problem 410 95.3 (89.9–97.9) 408 86.6 (67.8–95.2)
Minor problem 4 0.7 (0.2–3.0) 13 2.1 (0.8–5.6)
Not a problem 3 0.6 (0.1–3.1) 52 5.0 (1.0–21.9)
Don’t know 23 3.4 (1.2–9.0) 33 6.4 (2.7–14.4)
People in my community frequently get bitten by ticks 0.74
Often 245 49.0 (19.4–79.3) 187 33.5 (12.2–64.7)
Occasionally 24 7.4 (1.3–32.2) 94 13.3 (5.4–29.4)
Rarely 149 40.4 (17.7–68.1) 202 50.2 (20.7–79.5)
Don’t know
 22
 3.2 (1.4–7.2)
23
 3.0 (0.7–12.1)
Among persons who have heard of CCHF
 n = 420
n = 371
CCHF is a problem in the community 0.12
Major problem 401 96.2 (90.0–98.6) 326 93.7 (82.7–97.9)
Minor problem 3 0.7 (0.2–3.1) 9 1.9 (0.5–6.6)
Not a problem 1 0.1 (0–0.5) 26 2.7 (0.5–13.5)
Don’t know 15 3.0 (1.1–8.4) 10 1.7 (0.5–6.1)
CCHF is something I should be worried about 0.01
Very worried 371 86.1 (72.5–93.5) 317 93.6 (83.5–97.7)
Somewhat worried 40 11.5 (4.2–27.8) 19 2.6 (0.9–7.4)
Not worried 1 0.02 (0–0.2) 25 2.5 (0.4–13.9)
Don’t know 8 2.4 (0.4–12.4) 10 1.2 (0.2–7.1)
I can protect myself from CCHF <0.01
Yes 380 90.5 (82.5–95.0) 191 52.5 (33.6–70.6)
No 4 0.7 (0.2–3.2) 100 22.7 (8.3–48.8)
Don’t know 36 8.9 (4.2–17.9) 80 24.8 (12.6–43.0)
I would welcome a CCHF survivor into my community 379 89.2 (79.7–94.5) 348 94.2 (87.9–97.4) 0.17

*CCHF, Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever.
†Percentage weighted by calculating the inverse probability of selection and applying a poststratification adjustment to each stratum to account for nonresponses.

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