Incidence of dog bite injuries and clinical rabies in a tertiary health care institution: A 10-year retrospective study

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-111

  Abubakar, S A ^a   Bakari, A G ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Dog bite; incidence; prophylaxis; rabies

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE; SOAP; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; DATA EXTRACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG BITE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RABIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859249921     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.93534     Document Type: Article

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