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Table 1 Reported perceived disease risk among responders

From: Perceived risk of watery diarrhea and dysentery and intended compliance with chemoprophylaxis among a deployed military population

Country predominately deployed

Disease

Perceived Risk, n(%)

  

High risk

Low risk

No risk

Don’t know/missing

Afghanistan

Malaria

28 (9.7)

100 (34.7)

96 (33.3)

64 (22.2)

Dysentery

19 (6.6)

91 (31.6)

101 (35.1)

77 (26.7)

Watery diarrhea

26 (9.0)

81 (28.1)

100 (34.7)

81 (28.1)

Iraq

Malaria

11 (0.7)

294 (18.6)

801 (50.7)

473 (30.0)

Dysentery

35 (2.2)

300 (19.0)

773 (49.0)

471 (29.8)

Watery diarrhea

51 (3.2)

292 (18.5)

759 (48.5)

477 (30.2)

Other/Unknown

Malaria

4 (1.1)

78 (21.2)

189 (51.4)

97 (26.4)

Dysentery

5 (1.4)

84 (22.8)

170 (46.2)

109 (29.6)

Watery diarrhea

12 (3.3)

91 (24.7)

164 (44.6)

101 (27.5)