A Retrospective Analysis of Animal Bite Victims Suspected for Rabies Exposure Cases Admitted to Wolaita Sodo University Teaching Referral Hospital from 2013 to 2018 Years
| Autor: | Seifu, Belayneh, Girma, Sisay |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| DOI: | 10.20372/eajvas.v3i2.398 |
| Popis: | Rabies is a viral disease that affects all warm-blooded animals including humans. The disease is transmitted from affected animals to susceptible animals and humans through animal bites. A retrospective study was conducted in Wolaita Sodo University Teaching Referral Hospital to assess the status of human rabies suspected cases and identify risk factors for the animal bite from clinical case records. A total of 1023 animal bite victims suspected of exposure to rabies were admitted to the hospital for the purpose of post-exposure prophylaxis and treatment from September 2012 to August 2018. Among the admitted cases, seventy-six victims (7.4%) were reported as fatal. All suspected victims were not received post-exposure prophylaxis and treatment (p East African Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Vol. 3 No. 2 (2019): East African Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences |
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