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Incidence and Analysis Of Animal Bite Cases Among Pediatric Age Group Attending Government Anti–Rabies Clinic At Hyderabad

T. Dinesh Kumar Singh, Prathibha J, Saileela K, Sampath

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<p> Introduction: India is a Canine Rabies endemic country. In India every 30 minutes a life is lost due to Rabies. The dog is the main reservoir and transmitter of rabies. Dog to human ration is 1:36 . There is an overall rate of 2 dog bites per second in India.In Greater Hyderabad stray dog population is over 3 lakhs , the civic body has been able to vaccinate only 1.69 lakhs. Reports of dogs mauling children comes every day from various parts of the city . In Hyderabad dog population is kept under check by sterilising dogs. Objective: To determine the incidence and analysis of animal bite cases among paediatric age group attending Govt. Anti Rabies Vaccine Clinic– Institute of Preventive Medicine– Hyderabad, Telangana State and to adopt measures to prevent recurrence. Among the victims of animal bites in children , the most vulnerable age group, sex distribution , type of animal, the day which the victims attended the clinic and the most common site of bite on body were analysed. Material Methods: This study is a retrospective record based study . The case records of all the children aged less than or equal to 15 years who had attended Govt. A.R.V. Clinic at IPM, Hyderabad between 20th April 2012 to 3rd July 2012 were analysed(75 days) Results: Total number of 10,254 animal bite cases attended A.R.V. clinic , IPM from 20–4–2012 to 3–7–2012(75 days) . Of these 3249 (31.68%) were animal bite victims aged 15 years and less than 15 years. This group was divided into 3 Groups. Group I 0–5 years, Group II 6–10 years and Group III 11–15 years. 840 (25.85%) were in Group I, of these 560(66.6%) were males 280 (33.33%) were females. 1297(39.9%) were in Group II, of these 888(68.46%) were males and 409(31.53%) were females. 1112(34.22%) were in Group III , of these 857(77.06%) were males and 255(22.93%) were females. 3091(95.13%) were exposed to dogs, 99(3.04%) to cats , 57(1.75%) to monkeys and 2(0.06%) to pigs. Among exposure to dogs 1630(52.73%) were pet dogs, 266(8.60%) were street dogs, 1065(34.45%) were observable street dogs, 56(1.81%) were neighbour’s dogs and 74(2.39%) dogs were killed with the apprehension that more persons may fall victim. 309(9.5%) attended clinic on 0 day, 1803 (55.49%) on day 1 ,498(15.32%) on day 2 , 203(6.24%) on day 3 , 133(4.09%) on day 4 , 55(1.69%) on day 5 , 27(0.38%) on day 6 , 80(2.46%) on day 7 and 141 (4.33%) after7 days. 1790(53.7%), suffered animal bite injury on lower limbs, 918(27.54%) on upper limbs, 169(5.07%) on abdomen/ back, 24(0.72%) on chest, 162(4.86%) on head/neck/face and 186(5.58%) on multiple sites. Conclusion: More than 31% animal bite victims in this study are children. There is a need for advocacy of education, awareness, preexposure prophylaxis and booster for children in rabies endemic areas. Research community has to cater information to policy makers enabling them to ing effective legislation.</p>

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T.Dinesh Kumar Singh, Prathibha J, Saileela K, Sampath Among Paediatric Age Group Attending Govt. Anti Rabies Clinic at Hyderabad Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 7 July 2015

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