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Table 6 Households reporting treatment of illness in the past 15 days

From: Local disease concepts relevant to the design of a community-based surveillance program for influenza in rural Guatemala

Treatment

Chickens (n = 62)

Ducks (n = 17)

Swine (n = 8)

Tetracycline

57

9

3

Other treatments

36

6

3

Amoxicillin

22

2

1

Battery water

9

1

0

Eye drops

6

1

0

Oil-soaked feather

6

0

0

Scrape the skin

5

1

0

Iodine

5

0

0

Massage, rubbing

4

3

0

Medicinal bath

2

1

0

Isolation

0

3

0

Red nail polish

0

1

0

Rubbing with medicinal plants

0

1

0

Avoid certain foods

0

0

1