This is an epidemiological and descriptive study with a quantitative and qualitative character carried out in the city of João Pessoa-PB with 100 users who sought care at the Centro de Zoonoses in the months of October and November 2022. It aimed to evaluate the level of knowledge on Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in the population assisted at the site. As a result, 68% of users are women with completed high school, most of whom live in the west and south of the city. 80% of the interviewees had already heard about the disease and recognized it as a zoonosis, also known as Kala-azar, as the majority referred. Regarding transmission, 58% of respondents said they knew how it is transmitted, and of these the majority replied that it occurs through the bite of a mosquito.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.