New Findings in Veterinary Microbiology

New Findings in Veterinary Microbiology

Some epidemiological features of human rabies referred to the health public centers of Sari, Iran, during 2012-2017

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
seyed Mohammad Hoseini 1
Mohammad Asadi Iraee 2
Mohammad mehdi Yazdani Rotam 3
Mohammad javad Mashayekhnia 3
Mohammadreza Roudaki sarvandani 3
amin aghajani 4
1 Pathological Department, Islamic Azad University of Babol, Babol, Iran.
2 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Member of the Young Researchers and Elite Club
3 Member of the Young Researchers and Elite Club and DVM Student, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran.
4 Gorgan medical university,gorgan,iran
10.35066/J040.2019.815
Abstract
Rabies is one of the most endemic zoonotic diseases which is very important due to its ability to be transmitted from animals to the mammals. The infected animal can transmit the disease to human beings or other animals through biting.  This is a retrospective study intended to survey the document of 6560 animal bites referred to the health center of Sari city during 5 years from 2012 to 2017, for factors such as age, sex, occupation, place of residence of selected individuals, type of the biting animal, time of bite and type of bitten organ were studied. Collected data was analyzed by Excel 2010 and SPSS 22 software, using descriptive and inferential statistics. P-value was considered < 0.05 for statistical significant. From a total of 6560 cases of animal bites, an average of 1093±87/52 animal bites happened annually in study area. Dogs, with a rate of 81.1%, were the most biting animals. Men with a rate of 77%, the age group of 20 to 29 with the average of 281.1 bites per year, self-employed individuals with 319.3 bites per year were the most referred cases. Rural areas with 64.3%, summer with 28.4% and the month of June with an average of 111.5 bites per year had the highest incidence of bites. Hands and feet were the most bitten body parts with 50.4% and 42.9% of bites, respectively. Special attention should be paid to eliminating the reservoirs of the disease, as well as increasing the awareness of the general population about the disease and its types of transmission.
Keywords
Animal bite
Epidemiology
Rabies
Sari
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  • Receive Date 12 April 2019
  • Revise Date 22 May 2019
  • Accept Date 11 November 2019