A study on dog bite incidence in Union Territory of Dadra &amp; Nagar Haveli, India

Khan, Vikram; Zala, D. B.; Joshi, Kruti; Das, Vasudev

doi:10.31018/jans.v6i1.372

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“…Patients between the age group of 0-15 years were the maximum dog bite victims and as per the age and sex distribution males were more bitten than females (Table 1). Similar results were seen in the study done by Khan et al Jain et al 6,7 Wound care is important, local cleaning of wound after animal bite reduces risk by 80%. In the indepth interview it is found that 43.07% of the patients had washed the wound immediately.…”

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Treatment seeking behavior of the dog bite patients in Himachal Pradesh, India: a qualitative study

Dhiman

Thakur

Mazta

2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Rabies is a 100% fatal zoonotic disease; but easily preventable with immediate wound washing and timely ABSTRACT Background: Rabies is a practically 100% fatal zoonotic disease. A person is bitten every 2 seconds, and someone dies from rabies every 30 minutes. In this regard perception of victim and their attitude towards treatment forms an important role for prevention against rabies. It is noted that in Himachal Pradesh the less knowledge of people about rabies, impact of traditional healers and unavailability of the RIGs and ARVs especially in the primary health centers affect the treatment seeking behavior of the patients. Methods: A qualitative study was done in the three districts of Himachal with effect from 1 st June 2014 to 30 th May 2015. Thematic and simple proportional analysis of the data was done for the interpretation of the results. Results: Males were more victims as compared to females. Most affected age group was 0-15 years. 56.93% of the patients immediately washed the wound, 43.38% of the patients opted the rational treatment where as 57.62% used both traditional as well as rational treatment. Delay and drop out was seen in 69.24% and 21.53% of the patients respectively. Conclusions: Treatment seeking behaviour of the patients affected by the number of factors. Awareness among people about rabies and ensuring the availability of RIGs and ARV at all the levels of health care centers is necessary.

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Treatment seeking behavior of the dog bite patients in Himachal Pradesh, India: a qualitative study

Dhiman

Thakur

Mazta

2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…The commonest age group reported by some of the series for dog bites is between 1-15 years. 9 Dog bites typically affects children more commonly than adult. 10 Our study did have similar report.…”

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Injuries due to dog bites: a cause of concern

Tondare

Tondare²,

Maka³

et al. 2016

Int Surg J

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Background: Animal bites pose a major public health problem in children and adults worldwide. Numerous animal species have the potential to bite humans, the most important are those arising from dogs. The Aim of the study was to evaluate patients with regards to age, sex, site, type of dog (stray or pet) category of bite, first Aid management & awareness for anti-rabies vaccine (ARV). Methods: It was a prospective study carried out by department of surgery, for a period of one year. All patients with dog bites were selected. The patients were interviewed as per the proforma. Results: The majority of the patients were males with peak age group in the first decade. Most common site was lower limbs. Most bites were by stray dogs and in rural areas. Majority applied home made preparation as first aid. Conclusions: Most of dog bite cases are seen in children and majority are in males. Many people are not aware of First aid. Dog bites are common in rural areas. ARC clinics should be set up separately. With the availability of better media facilities the awareness of first aid and seeking medical attention at the earliest can be increased.

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“…1). Out of these 35 included studies, 25 reported epidemiological outcomes only: 19 cross-sectional studies, 4,20-39 3 cohort studies (2 prospective cohort 40,41 and 1 retrospective cohort studies 42 ) and 1 modeling study. 43 Nine studies reported economic outcomes only [44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52] and all of these studies were partial economic evaluation (2 prospective cohort studies, 51,52 6 cross-sectional studies [44][45][46][48][49][50] and 1 on implementation cost of interventions 47 ).…”

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“…Only one modeling study reported all the three outcomes: epidemiological, economic and humanistic. 1 Out of 35 included studies, 23 were hospital (or clinic) based, [20][21][22][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]38,41,42,[44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52] 9 were community (or household) based 4,23,[32][33][34][35]37,39,40 and 2 were modeling studies at country level 1,43 and was laboratory-based study. 36…”

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“…The cohort studies included for epidemiological outcomes failed to describe any efforts to address potential sources of bias, statistical methods, other analyses undertaken and their external validity. [40][41][42] The criteria that were not reported in cross-sectional studies included for epidemiological outcomes were bias (95.2%), 4,[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39] other analyses (76.2%), [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]32,[35][36][37][38] generalisability (71.4%), [20][21][22][23][24][26][27][28][30][31]…”

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Burden of illness of dog-mediated rabies in India: A systematic review

John

Royal

Bharti

2021

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health

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India accounts for 35% of global burden of rabies. This systematic review attempts to measure the burden of illness of dog bites and dog-mediated rabies in India. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted on MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central, PROQUEST, Sodhganga and Google Scholar. Two independent reviewers screened titles and abstracts and included full texts as per inclusion criteria. Critical appraisal of included studies was conducted using appropriate checklists. Data was extracted using standardized data extraction tools, analyzed and reported in narrative summary and tabular formats.Results: 35 studies were included for narrative synthesis after screening for inclusion criteria. The annual crude dog bite incidence was reported between 0.26% and 2.5% with stray dogs as main biting animal. The bites were mainly reported in males, between age group 10-40 years, individuals belonging to low socio-economic status and people working in fields. The annual economic and humanistic burden is estimated to be 2.85 million USD and 1.3 million DALYs respectively. Use of intradermal route of vaccination and equine rabies immunoglobulins has been reported to save cost and resources over use of intramuscular route of vaccination and human rabies immunoglobulins. Conclusion:The review highlighted the burden of disease at local, regional and national level. There has been dearth of studies reporting economic and humanistic burden at national level. Systematic review registration: PROSPERO ID: CRD42020213261.

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A study on dog bite incidence in Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli, India

Cited by 5 publications

References 5 publications

Treatment seeking behavior of the dog bite patients in Himachal Pradesh, India: a qualitative study

Treatment seeking behavior of the dog bite patients in Himachal Pradesh, India: a qualitative study

Injuries due to dog bites: a cause of concern

Burden of illness of dog-mediated rabies in India: A systematic review

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