title: [Human accidents with monkeys in relation to prophylactic treatment for rabies, in the Municipal district of São Paulo, Brazil].
abstract: Although the Municipal District of S o Paulo has rabies under epidemic control (last case of rabies in humans was registered in 1981) and 95.4% of its population resides within the urban area, there are reports of human accidents involving wild animals and of these, monkeys are involved in the largest number of cases. In the period from 1996 to 1999, 69,967 victims of accidents with animals were attended, of which 267 were accidents with monkeys. In this work the monthly and annual incidence of the occurrence of such accidents was studied, as well as the antirabies treatment provided.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Prevenção da Raiva em Humanos, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Pedro Melguizo
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: Pedro Silva
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Ramos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D015994:Incidence; D011818:Rabies / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012621:Seasons
chemical_list: D011819:Rabies Vaccines