Five-year (January 2004-December 2008) surveillance on animal bite and rabies vaccine utilization in the Infectious Disease Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The magnitude of animal bite and utilization of rabies vaccine was determined at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. From January 2004 to December 2008, 150,068 patients with animal bite visited the hospital, 86.2% and 13.8% of them received nerve tissue and tissue culture vaccine (TCV), respectively. Dog bite was most frequent, found in 90.7% cases. In 794 rabies cases only 24.4% had a history of post-exposure vaccination. Only a negligible number of patients received rabies immunoglobulin (RIG). To prevent further human deaths and economic losses intra-dermal TCV regime and equine RIG should be immediately introduced in Bangladesh.
Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Moazzem
M
Hossain
Tania
T
Bulbul
Kamruddin
K
Ahmed
Ziauddin
Z
Ahmed
Mohammad
M
Salimuzzaman
Mohammad Shahidul
MS
Haque
Ajmat
A
Ali
Shohrab
S
Hossain
Kentaro
K
Yamada
Kazuhiko
K
Moji
Akira
A
Nishizono
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011818:Rabies / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D011819:Rabies Vaccines