title: Profile of human anti-rabies treatment in the 'agreste' region of Pernambuco State, Brazil, 2010-2012.
abstract: to describe the characteristics of reported human anti-rabies treatment in municipalities of the 'agreste' region of Pernambuco State, Brazil, 2010-2012.
  
  
  
  this was a descriptive study using data from human anti-rabies medical records filed on the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan).
  
  
  
  10,138 reported records of anti-rabies treatment were included; canines were the most involved species (68.1%), in good health condition (79.9%). Biting was the most common contact (83.8%), causing multiple injuries (58.3%), to hands/feet (39.4%), and deep wounds in 56.8% of cases; combined vaccine + serum administration frequency was found to be low (10.5%), even though 47.9% of injuries were considered severe and therefore required this prophylactic procedure.
  
  
  
  possible inadequate prophylaxis procedures were found, showing the need for health worker training aimed at ensuring correct human anti-rabies prophylaxis and the proper filling in of medical record files.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Recife-PE, Brasil.
authors.forename: Cleber Vinicius Brito Dos
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Pernambuco, Campus Caruaru, Caruaru-PE, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rafaely Bezerra de
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Recife-PE, Brasil.
authors.forename: Daniel Friguglietti
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Brandespim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D063005:Health Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011818:Rabies / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D011819:Rabies Vaccines