Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Health Workers in a Tertiary Hospital in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, towards Ebola Viral Disease
Table 3
EVD knowledge of clinical variables.
| Variable | Frequency | % |
| Ebola fever is a viral disease | | | Yes | 373 | 93.2 | No | 27 | 6.8 | Incubation period last from 2 to 21 days | | | Yes | 247 | 61.8 | No | 153 | 38.2 | The reservoir is usually bats | | | Yes | 270 | 67.5 | No | 130 | 32.5 | Infection with the organism is usually deadly | | | Yes | 366 | 91.5 | No | 34 | 8.5 | Ebola can be transmitted from person to person | | | Yes | 351 | 87.8 | No | 49 | 12.2 | Ebola can be transmitted from animal to person | | | Yes | 345 | 86.2 | No | 55 | 13.8 | Ebola can be transmitted from inanimate objects to person | | | Yes | 187 | 46.8 | No | 213 | 53.2 |
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