Clinical study on rabies prone animal bite
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Animal bite epidemiology and surveillance for rabies postexposure prophylaxis.
OBJECTIVES To understand the epidemiology of animal bites and exposure, evaluate the animal exposure reporting system for surveillance of rabies postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), and identify opportunities to reduce PEP. DESIGN Period prevalence survey. STUDY POPULATION Pennsylvania residents in 1995. PROCEDURE Data from animal bite reports from Pennsylvania county health offices were summa...
متن کاملA Dog Rabies Vaccination Campaign in Rural Africa: Impact on the Incidence of Animal Rabies and Human Bite Injuries
Despite the availability of safe and effective rabies vaccines, the incidence of dog rabies has been increasing throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa. This paper describes a vaccination strategy that has resulted in successful control of rabies in a rural African dog population. From October 1996 to February 2001, a mass rabies vaccination programme was carried out in a rural domestic dog popul...
متن کامل14: Animal Bite Epidemiology and Surveillance for Rabies Post Exposure Prophylaxis, Iran
Background and aims: Animal bites are a significant threat to human health because of fatality of subsequent infections such as rabies. The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiology of animal bites during a five-year period in Shush County. Methods: In a descriptive cross sectional study, all cases of animal bites referred to the health centers in Shush County were investigated during...
متن کاملEpidemiologic Features of Animal Bite Cases Occurring in Rabies-Endemic Areas of Korea, 2005 to 2009
OBJECTIVES Human rabies is a reemerging infectious disease in Korea. There was no human rabies case for 14 years until the disease had reoccurred in 1999. To prevent occurrence of human rabies, surveillance for animal bite patients in rabies endemic areas in Korea was conducted since 2005 as a part of a human rabies control program. The animal bite cases were analyzed to determine whether patie...
متن کاملHousehold exposure and animal-bite surveillance following human rabies detection in Southern Ghana
INTRODUCTION Rabies remains a neglected tropical zoonotic disease with 100% case fatality rate and estimated 6,000 global mortality annually, and yet vaccine preventable. In Ghana, rabies outbreaks receive poor response. We investigated rabies in a 5-year old boy to find the source of infection, identify exposed persons for post-exposure prophylaxis and describe animal-bite surveillance in Many...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Bangladesh Journal of Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2408-8366,1023-1986
DOI: 10.3329/bjmed.v29i1.35404