Epidemiology of Animal Bite Cases Reported to Anti–Rabies Vaccination Clinic, at a Tertiary Care Hospital, in Tribal Area

Avinash Borkar; Namita Deshmukh; Gautam Khakse

Volume : IV, Issue : IX, September - 2014

Epidemiology of Animal Bite Cases Reported to Anti–Rabies Vaccination Clinic, at a Tertiary Care Hospital, in Tribal Area

Avinash Borkar, Namita Deshmukh, Gautam Khakse

Abstract :

This paper discusses epidemiological characteristics of animal bites and the attitude & practices among the study population. Record based cross–sectional study was conducted on 1550 cases of animal bites that reported in the anti–rabies clinic of Medical College during period of 1st April 2013 to 31st March 2014. Most common animal bite was dog (94.45%). The incidence of animal bite was higher in