ArticleVeterinary medicine international2026
Assessment of the Public's Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Rabies in the Republic of Guinea.
Article in Veterinary medicine international, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
21 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Rabies remains a major public health problem in resource-limited countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of the population regarding rabies in the Republic of Guinea. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 2733 participants in five regions (Boké, Kindia, Labé, Siguiri, and N'Zérékoré). Data were collected using a structured questionnaire administered via KoboCollect and then analyzed using DATAtab and R software. Descriptive analyses, chi-square tests, and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to identify associated factors. In total, 66% of respondents had heard of rabies, but significant gaps were observed regarding modes of transmission and prevention measures. Dog bites were identified as the primary mode of transmission by 37.87% of participants. Canine vaccination was recognized as a preventive measure by 45.01% of respondents. Attitudes were predominantly poor (88.84% scored below the predefined 70% acceptability threshold, i.e., "low/unfavorable attitude," versus 10.79% moderate and 0.37% good), and 73.80% of participants exhibited inappropriate practices (versus 8.05% average and 18.15% good). Overall, 53.1% of respondents had a low level of knowledge, 29.3% an average level, and 17.6% a good level. A statistically significant association was observed between knowledge level and postexposure practices (
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.