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Cases of Dog Bite in Aba, Abia State Nigeria and Its Public Health Significance

机译：尼日利亚阿比亚州阿坝州的狗咬伤病例及其公共卫生意义

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Background: Dog bite cases poses a major public health threat in Nigeria. Majority of rabies infection in humans are due to bites from rabid dogs which are mainly local breed. Research carried out in Nigeria has established that some apparently healthy dogs excrete rabies viral antigen in their saliva without showing clinical signs. Aim: This study was carried out to evaluate cases of dog bite in Aba, Abia state Nigeria and its public health significance Methodology: Cases of dog bite in humans reported at the Zonal Veterinary Clinic Aba, Abia state Nigeria from 2007 to 2012 were retrieved. Data on cases of dog bites from the Veterinary clinic record were extracted using a structured questionnaire designed for the study. Results: Out of 215 reported cases of dog bite, 11.6% were victims less than 15 years of age and 44.7% were victims greater than 30 years of age. Local breed of dogs (50.7%) were most involved in the bites, with cross breed (12.6%) being the least. Majority (78.1%) of the dogs involved in the bites were unvaccinated against rabies, with 11.6% having unknown anti-rabies vaccination status. There was no association (X2 =7.38, P > 0.05) between breed and vaccination status of the offending dogs. Dog bite victims were more of males (62.8%) than females (37.2%) with seasonal index showing the greatest values between the months of October to December. Most of the bites (63.7%) occurred arround the lower extremities with bites around the abdominal region (2.8%) being the least. Conclusion: Reports of dog bite cases in humans indicate the need for public health enlightenment campaign programs aimed at educating the public on the need to seek proper post-exposure prophylaxis treatment from health care facilities when bitten by dogs and the need for dog owners to vaccinate their dogs yearly against rabies.
机译：背景：狗咬伤案对尼日利亚构成了重大的公共卫生威胁。人类中大多数狂犬病感染是由于狂犬病引起的咬伤所致，而狂犬病主要是本地犬种。在尼日利亚进行的研究已经确定，一些看似健康的狗在其唾液中会分泌狂犬病病毒抗原，而没有临床症状。目的：本研究旨在评估尼日利亚阿比亚州阿巴的狗咬病例及其对公共卫生的意义。方法：检索2007年至2012年在尼日利亚阿比亚州Zonal兽医诊所报道的人类狗咬病例。使用针对该研究设计的结构化问卷，从兽医诊所记录中提取了有关狗咬病例的数据。结果：在215例报告的狗咬伤案例中，年龄不超过15岁的受害者为11.6％，年龄超过30岁的受害者为44.7％。叮咬中，本地犬的种类最多（50.7％），而杂种的最少（12.6％）。参与咬伤的犬只中大多数（78.1％）未接种狂犬病疫苗，其中11.6％的抗狂犬病疫苗接种状况未知。犬的品种与疫苗接种状况之间没有关联（X 2 = 7.38，P> 0.05）。狗咬受害者中，男性（62.8％）多于女性（37.2％），季节性指数显示10月至12月之间的数值最大。大部分叮咬（63.7％）发生在下肢周围，而腹部区域的叮咬（2.8％）最少。结论：关于人类狗咬伤病例的报告表明，需要开展公共卫生启发运动计划，目的是教育公众在被狗咬伤后需要从医疗机构寻求适当的暴露后预防治疗以及狗主人进行疫苗接种他们的狗每年都要抵抗狂犬病。

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