Poll Study for Cross-sectional Analysis of Population Data on Rodent Zoonoses, Specifically Leptospirosis, in The North-Central Region of Algeria

The main objective of our study was to highlight the Blida region population knowledge status about rodent zoonosis, mainly leptospirosis. Data were collected through printed questionnaires applied to a sample of 252 interviewees. The data were entered and coded into tables in Microsoft Excel 2013 and then transferred into the R program for advanced analysis, frequencies were also calculated. The result showed that 91.3% of the respondents confirmed the transmission of the diseases from rodents to humans, however the knowledge about the main risk factors of transmission was insufficient; 38.5% of them stated that contamination occurs through rodent’s bite, while, only 6.35% of the respondents cited contamination through contaminated food and 0.4 % of them cited contamination through sewage water. Plague was the most mentioned (23.01%) zoonosis. Some of the interviewees cited respectively, Malaria and Cholera (0.4%, 1.98%); however, these diseases are not associated with rodents. Regarding prophylaxis; 32.9% declared that cleaning and hygiene are necessary to avoid rodent’s zoonosis transmission. Concerning leptospirosis, only 14.7% Heard or knew about the disease with urine as a principal factor of transmission cited by just 4.37% and jaundice as symptom by only 2% of the participants. Our study indicates the potential knowledge of the population of Blida about rodent zoonosis and its spread, which needs to be increased.