Ethnomedicinal use of African pangolins by traditional medical practitioners in Sierra Leone

Table 2 Use Value (UV) of pangolin body parts for each International Classification of Diseases (ICD) category

	International Classification of Diseases (ICD) categories																	Total
Parts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	UV
Scales	0.063			0.032	0.016	0.016			0.032	0.206	0.143	0.032	0.016	0.079	0.079		0.397	1.111
Oil	0.016						0.016			0.238	0.079			0.079				0.429
Meat	0.016	0.016			0.032		0.048		0.143		0.016		0.063	0.016		0.016		0.365
Head				0.048	0.016		0.016		0.048	0.016	0.016	0.032		0.111	0.016		0.016	0.333
Tail	0.048			0.016	0.032				0.016	0.016	0.032		0.016	0.032	0.016		0.095	0.317
Foot	0.048									0.032				0.016	0.016			0.111
Tongue				0.016			0.048				0.032			0.016				0.111
Bones										0.016	0.063				0.032			0.111
Blood	0.016						0.016		0.016		0.016				0.016		0.032	0.111
Male sex organ	0.032			0.016					0.016			0.016		0.016				0.095
Intestines									0.048					0.016			0.016	0.079
Claws							0.016	0.016		0.016							0.016	0.063
Brain				0.032			0.016		0.016									0.063
Heart							0.016		0.032									0.048
Whole animal	0.016																0.016	0.032
Toes	0.016				0.016													0.032
Thorax											0.016				0.016			0.032
Forefoot	0.016			0.016														0.032
Eyes	0.032																	0.032
Throat			0.016															0.016
Sex organ (both male and female)												0.016						0.016
Liver								0.016										0.016

Codes for ICD categories: 1 = Certain infectious and parasitic diseases, 2 = Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism, 3 = Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, 4 = Mental and behavioural disorders, 5 = Diseases of the nervous system, 6 = Diseases of the ear and mastoid process, 7 = Diseases of the circulatory system, 8 = Diseases of the respiratory system, 9 = Diseases of the digestive system, 10 = Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, 11 = Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue, 12 = Diseases of the genitourinary system, 13 = Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period, 14 = Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified, 15 = Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes, 16 = Factors influencing health status and contact with health services, 17 = Spiritual ailments.

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