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EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF DOG BITE CASES IN BAGHDAD CITY DURING 2010 | ||
| AL-TAQANI | ||
| Article 1, Volume 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 50-55 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Maral Fathalla Thabit; Rawah Adnan Faraj | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Exposure to dog bites is an important public health problem , these bites not only cause increase morbidity and mortality but also loss of workers days and cost for treatment , so a cross - sectional retrospective study was carried out during January (2011) to determine the epidemiological profile of dog bite victims registered in the Anti-Rabies clinic of ( Pasteur Institute ) and who live in Baghdad city during (2010) were reviewed data collection then were analyzed by using simple descriptive statistics . The results show that the total number of dog bite victims in Baghdad city during (2010) was 1914 , (79.2%) attended the clinic within the first three days post-exposure with an epidemiological profile which consisted mainly of males (88.5%) , people at risk were mainly children under ten years of age (26.8%) , living in Al- Risafa district (66.6%) . Considerable percentage (74.6%) had injuries involved the lower limbs but a clear seasonal variation in dog bite attacks does not exist . Recommendation was suggested to enhance public awareness through health education , institution of intervention program targeted to control stray dogs and to enhance active animal bite surveillance studies to estimate the true burden of the disease. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Epidemiological; dog bite; Baghdad | ||
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