Epidemiology of acute animal bite and the direct cost of rabies vaccination

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• 作者：Towhid Babazadeh¹ ; Hossein Ali Nikbakhat² ; Amin Daemi³ ; Mohsen Yegane-kasgari⁴ ; Saber Ghaffari-fam⁵ ; ^{ghaffari.s68@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Morteza Banaye-Jeddi⁶
• 关键词：Animal bites ; Chalderan ; Epidemiology ; Injuries ; Vaccination costs
• 刊名：Journal of Acute Disease
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：1 November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：5
• 期：6
• 页码：488-492
• 全文大小：410 K

文摘

To describe the epidemiological aspects of animal bites and to calculate the financial burden resulting from rabies vaccination in Chalderan City.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, records of all victims of animal bites in a seven-year period were reviewed. Studied variables included demographic information of victims, biters' profile, time and place patterns, clinical aspects of the victims and the cost of vaccination.

Results

Most of bites were observed in men in the age group of 10–19 years old, at rural areas and occupational group of farmers. The vast majority of animal bites happened by dogs and domestic animals. The average age of victims with head and neck injuries was lower than that of victims with injuries in the lower extremities, shoulders and hands (m>Pm> = 0.001). The cost of vaccination was 11 665 dollars with three doses of rabies vaccine and 849 dollars for five doses, and the 12 514 dollars cumulative frequency in the studied period. Based on the results of trend test, the incidence of animal bites was increased significantly during the study period (m>Pm> = 0.02).

Conclusions

The results of this study showed that due to the increasing incidence of animal bites and the financial burden resulting from animal bite vaccination, it is necessary to design and implement preventive measures in order to reduce the animal bites.