Temporal analysis of animal bite incidents in a tertiary care hospital in Western Maharashtra

Autor: Sudesh Gandham, Atul A. Jagtap
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences, Vol 17, Iss 03, Pp 218-222 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0974-1143
Popis: Background: Rabies is a fatal disease with no cure but 100% preventable and effective vaccines are available. Time trends in epidemiological factors related to exposure to biting animal, management & adherence to vaccination have poorly studied. Hence, we have undertaken this study to analyze the time trends in epidemiological factors associated with animal bite cases over the period of eight years. Methods: Present study was cross sectional in nature conducted in patients presenting to ARV clinic. Results: Of the various age group classes, majority (47.46%) of the cases were from 15-44 years followed by 19.06% from 6-14 years age group. Majority (61.29%) of the cases were males. maximum (81.43%) cases were from category 2 of WHO classification of animal bite exposure. 89.42% cases type of animal bite exposure was dog. Male gender, age group of 15-44 years, category 3 exposures & cases presenting within 24 hours had shown significantly increasing trend with time (p
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