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Avicenna Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infection، جلد ۱، شماره ۱، صفحات ۰-۰
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| عنوان فارسی |
Animal Bites in Borujerd: An Overview of Animal Bites in Iran |
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| چکیده فارسی مقاله |
Background Rabies has been reported as the most important endemic zoonotic disease in Iran and still remains as a major public health problem. Objectives The main objective of the current research was to study the epidemiology of animal bites in Borujerd County in Iran and to compare its prevalence to other parts of Iran from April 2006 to September 2011. Patients and Methods The data were recorded in questionnaires and analyzed by SPSS version 16. Chi-square test was performed to evaluate the relationship among variables and P value was set as 0.05. Results Dog bites were the most common (69.8%), followed by cat (17.2%), fox and wolf (1.4%), sheep and cow (2.8%), monkey and donkey (5%), mouse and squirrel (2.2%) and other animals (1.6%). Leg was the most common bite site forming 46.6% of cases, followed by hands (41.8%), buttocks (4.6%), head (4%) and body (2.9%). Most of the subjects belonged to the age group < 10 (175.2 per 100000 populations). The injury location was associated significantly with sex and the residential status. Conclusions This study strongly highlights a high priority goal for health authorities to develop educational programs, recommended for the general population to inform them about the benefits of continuing the medication. Vaccination of domestic dogs and also eradication of stray ones, in addition to educational programs should be prioritized by health authorities. |
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| کلیدواژه‌های فارسی مقاله |
Epidemiology،Incidence،Rabies،Vaccination |
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| عنوان انگلیسی |
Animal Bites in Borujerd: An Overview of Animal Bites in Iran |
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| چکیده انگلیسی مقاله |
Background Rabies has been reported as the most important endemic zoonotic disease in Iran and still remains as a major public health problem. Objectives The main objective of the current research was to study the epidemiology of animal bites in Borujerd County in Iran and to compare its prevalence to other parts of Iran from April 2006 to September 2011. Patients and Methods The data were recorded in questionnaires and analyzed by SPSS version 16. Chi-square test was performed to evaluate the relationship among variables and P value was set as 0.05. Results Dog bites were the most common (69.8%), followed by cat (17.2%), fox and wolf (1.4%), sheep and cow (2.8%), monkey and donkey (5%), mouse and squirrel (2.2%) and other animals (1.6%). Leg was the most common bite site forming 46.6% of cases, followed by hands (41.8%), buttocks (4.6%), head (4%) and body (2.9%). Most of the subjects belonged to the age group < 10 (175.2 per 100000 populations). The injury location was associated significantly with sex and the residential status. Conclusions This study strongly highlights a high priority goal for health authorities to develop educational programs, recommended for the general population to inform them about the benefits of continuing the medication. Vaccination of domestic dogs and also eradication of stray ones, in addition to educational programs should be prioritized by health authorities. |
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| کلیدواژه‌های انگلیسی مقاله |
Epidemiology,Incidence,Rabies,Vaccination |
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| نویسندگان مقاله |
مسعود صبوری قناد | masoud sabouri ghannad
department of microbiology, research center for molecular medicine, faculty of medicine, hamadan university of medical sciences, hamadan, ir iran; department of microbiology, research center for molecular medicine, faculty of medicine, hamadan university of medical sciences, hamadan, ir iran. tel 98-8118276295, fax 98-8118276299
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی همدان (Hamadan university of medical sciences)
قدرت اله روشنایی | ghodratollah roshanaei
department of biostatistics and epidemiology, modeling of noncommunicable diseases research center, school of public health, hamadan university of medical sciences, hamadan, ir iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی همدان (Hamadan university of medical sciences)
محمد یوسف علیخانی | mohammad yousef alikhani
department of microbiology, faculty of medicine, hamadan university of medical sciences, hamadan, ir iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی همدان (Hamadan university of medical sciences)
پگاه علیجانی | pegah alijani
department of microbiology, research center for molecular medicine, faculty of medicine, hamadan university of medical sciences, hamadan, ir iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی همدان (Hamadan university of medical sciences)
مهدی قنبری سرداری | mahdi ghanbari sardari
department of microbiology, research center for molecular medicine, faculty of medicine, hamadan university of medical sciences, hamadan, ir iran
سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی همدان (Hamadan university of medical sciences)
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| نشانی اینترنتی |
http://www.ajcmicrob.com/index.php?page=article&article_id=19568 |
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| کد مقاله (doi) |
10.17795/ajcmi-19568 |
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