2014
DOI: 10.5812/archcid.18773
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Epidemiology and Public Health Aspects of Animal Biting in Shush County, Khuzestan Province, Iran

Abstract: Background: Animal bites, especially dog bites, are common health problems which are rarely addressed. It is estimated that 15 million people are bitten by animals worldwide annually. Diseases caused by animal bites are problematic matters in the world as well as in Iran. The main disease caused by animal bites is rabies. Rabies is a fatal acute viral disease causing inclusive symptoms in the central nervous system in domestic and wild carnivores. Humans and other warm-blooded mammals are often randomly involv… Show more

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“…As a consequence, Iran is characterized by one of the highest annual rates of postexposure prophylaxis (PEP; 22/10000 by 2018) provided to exposed patients worldwide (Dehghani, Sharif, Madani, Kashani, & Sharif, ; Farahtaj, Fayaz, Howaizi, Biglari, & Gholami, ). Despite this high burden, epidemiological studies on rabies in Iran have so far been limited to epidemiological studies of animal bites (Charkazi et al, ; Dehghani et al, ; Feizhaddad, Kassiri, Lotfi, & Hoseini, ) and to small‐scale molecular epidemiological investigations (Nadin‐Davis, Simani, Armstrong, Fayaz, & Wandeler, ). More comprehensive data to define the distribution, reservoirs and dispersal dynamics of rabies in Iran are hence important in order to gain a better understanding of the role of environmental heterogeneity and potentially different animal host species in the maintenance and spread of the disease as well as the development of control measures.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…As a consequence, Iran is characterized by one of the highest annual rates of postexposure prophylaxis (PEP; 22/10000 by 2018) provided to exposed patients worldwide (Dehghani, Sharif, Madani, Kashani, & Sharif, ; Farahtaj, Fayaz, Howaizi, Biglari, & Gholami, ). Despite this high burden, epidemiological studies on rabies in Iran have so far been limited to epidemiological studies of animal bites (Charkazi et al, ; Dehghani et al, ; Feizhaddad, Kassiri, Lotfi, & Hoseini, ) and to small‐scale molecular epidemiological investigations (Nadin‐Davis, Simani, Armstrong, Fayaz, & Wandeler, ). More comprehensive data to define the distribution, reservoirs and dispersal dynamics of rabies in Iran are hence important in order to gain a better understanding of the role of environmental heterogeneity and potentially different animal host species in the maintenance and spread of the disease as well as the development of control measures.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite this high burden, epidemiological studies on rabies in Iran have so far been limited to epidemiological studies of animal bites (Charkazi et al, 2013;Dehghani et al, 2016;Feizhaddad, Kassiri, Lotfi, & Hoseini, 2014) in the present study were selected at random but while trying to maximize the spatial coverage of the country. Furthermore, we also included a balanced proportion of nondomestic dog samples in our final data set (41%) in order to investigate, but also to avoid underestimating, the role of wildlife species in spreading the virus on the study area.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%