Human rabies in India: a problem needing more attention

Information gap amongst animal bite victims and their care givers: a study conducted at anti rabies centers of a city in North India

“…Similarly, some studies in India (stated that only 70% and 63.7% respectively had ever heard of rabies while Rumana et al in Bangladesh it was found that 65% of subjects were aware of rabies and 99.1% knew a dog bite was the cause of rabies. 9,11,13 Few other authors reported more than 90% of victims. 8,14 In contrary to above results, another study found 20% subjects knew the name of disease named rabies but 63.7% victims knew that rabies is caused by biting of animal.…”

“…9 Another similar study done in India by Kole et al stated that only one third of victims know how to wash the wounds after animal bites. 11 In India each animal bite should be considered as a potential rabid animal bite and must be treated as an emergency. Knowledge of victims regarding where and when to report after an animal bite incident was assessed.…”

Review on Rabies and Vaccines

“…In Asia, India has the highest number of human death caused by rabies (WHO, 2016). A report claims that an average of 18000 -20000 death cases come in India due to rabies (Kole, 2014;Dutta, 1999). Over 30000 deaths every year due to rabies in Asia (WHO, 2016).…”

Epidemiological Situation on and Problems of Identification of Rabies Virus in Humans in the Territory of the Russian Federation During the Period of 2002–2015

“…количество людей, по-гибающих от гидрофобии, достигает 55 тыс. человек, из них 45 % случаев относится к региону Южной и Юго-восточной азии [20,21]. в российской Федерации на протяжении по- в статье представлены результаты изучения биопроб специалистами центра специальной лабораторной диа-гностики особо опасных и экзотических инфекционных болезней за период с 2002 по 2015 год, поступивших от погибших людей, подозрительных на инфицирование вирусом бешенства.…”