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Epidemiological Study of Animal Bites and Rabies in Lorestan Province in West of Iran During 2004–2014 for Preventive Purposes

BACKGROUND: Despite the progress made, animal bites and rabies are one of the important health problems in the country. The purpose of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of animal bites and rabies during 2004–2014 in Lorestan Province to prevent them in population of the province for the...

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Autores principales: Sharafi, Ali Chegeni, Tarrahi, Mohammad Javad, Saki, Mohammad, Sharafi, Mohammad Mirza, Nasiri, Elham, Mokhayeri, Hamid
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5029114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27688868
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2008-7802.190090
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author Sharafi, Ali Chegeni
Tarrahi, Mohammad Javad
Saki, Mohammad
Sharafi, Mohammad Mirza
Nasiri, Elham
Mokhayeri, Hamid
author_facet Sharafi, Ali Chegeni
Tarrahi, Mohammad Javad
Saki, Mohammad
Sharafi, Mohammad Mirza
Nasiri, Elham
Mokhayeri, Hamid
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description BACKGROUND: Despite the progress made, animal bites and rabies are one of the important health problems in the country. The purpose of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of animal bites and rabies during 2004–2014 in Lorestan Province to prevent them in population of the province for the future prospective aspects. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a descriptive cross-sectional study, all those cases bitten in the province, during 2004 and 2014, were studied. The required information about the age, sex, the bitten organ, type of the invasive animal time, and location of the event were collected in questionnaires and then analyzed. RESULTS: The total number of cases of animal rabies during the period of study was 43,892, shown at the rate of 223.23 in 100,000 people. Seventy-eight percent of animal bites in rural areas, 41.42% in the ages 10–29-year-old, 26.8% of cases were students, 56.77% leg bites, and 82.5% of dog bites. Four cases of human rabies were observed during this period. CONCLUSIONS: Rate of animal bites and rabies is high in Lorestan Province. Controlling animals such as dogs and cats in the province through training people at risk, especially among the students, rural areas and inter-sectorial coordination to eliminate stray animals should be considered over and over. Preventive actions to avoid bites are a priority.
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spelling pubmed-50291142016-09-29 Epidemiological Study of Animal Bites and Rabies in Lorestan Province in West of Iran During 2004–2014 for Preventive Purposes Sharafi, Ali Chegeni Tarrahi, Mohammad Javad Saki, Mohammad Sharafi, Mohammad Mirza Nasiri, Elham Mokhayeri, Hamid Int J Prev Med Original Article BACKGROUND: Despite the progress made, animal bites and rabies are one of the important health problems in the country. The purpose of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of animal bites and rabies during 2004–2014 in Lorestan Province to prevent them in population of the province for the future prospective aspects. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a descriptive cross-sectional study, all those cases bitten in the province, during 2004 and 2014, were studied. The required information about the age, sex, the bitten organ, type of the invasive animal time, and location of the event were collected in questionnaires and then analyzed. RESULTS: The total number of cases of animal rabies during the period of study was 43,892, shown at the rate of 223.23 in 100,000 people. Seventy-eight percent of animal bites in rural areas, 41.42% in the ages 10–29-year-old, 26.8% of cases were students, 56.77% leg bites, and 82.5% of dog bites. Four cases of human rabies were observed during this period. CONCLUSIONS: Rate of animal bites and rabies is high in Lorestan Province. Controlling animals such as dogs and cats in the province through training people at risk, especially among the students, rural areas and inter-sectorial coordination to eliminate stray animals should be considered over and over. Preventive actions to avoid bites are a priority. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5029114/ /pubmed/27688868 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2008-7802.190090 Text en Copyright: © 2016 International Journal of Preventive Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Sharafi, Ali Chegeni
Tarrahi, Mohammad Javad
Saki, Mohammad
Sharafi, Mohammad Mirza
Nasiri, Elham
Mokhayeri, Hamid
Epidemiological Study of Animal Bites and Rabies in Lorestan Province in West of Iran During 2004–2014 for Preventive Purposes
title Epidemiological Study of Animal Bites and Rabies in Lorestan Province in West of Iran During 2004–2014 for Preventive Purposes
title_full Epidemiological Study of Animal Bites and Rabies in Lorestan Province in West of Iran During 2004–2014 for Preventive Purposes
title_fullStr Epidemiological Study of Animal Bites and Rabies in Lorestan Province in West of Iran During 2004–2014 for Preventive Purposes
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiological Study of Animal Bites and Rabies in Lorestan Province in West of Iran During 2004–2014 for Preventive Purposes
title_short Epidemiological Study of Animal Bites and Rabies in Lorestan Province in West of Iran During 2004–2014 for Preventive Purposes
title_sort epidemiological study of animal bites and rabies in lorestan province in west of iran during 2004–2014 for preventive purposes
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5029114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27688868
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2008-7802.190090
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