Investigation rabies epidemics by animal bites in northern Savadkuh County 2021- 2022

Rabies is one of the most important zoonotic diseases that is transmitted through animal bites. Suspected contact with animal saliva is defined as animal bite suspected of rabies. The present study was conducted in order to evaluate the incidence of animal bites in humans in the years 2021 to 2022 in the city referring to Northern Savadkuh Rabies Center. In this descriptive-analytical study, the data has been collected by means of a checklist of cases that referred to the center and information registration in the rabies portal during the years 2021 to 2022 in the city. The data was statistically analyzed by SPSS ver.21 software. Chi-square and Student's t-tests were used with a significance level of p<0.05. During the study conducted, 509 cases of animal bites occurred in the North Savadkuh health area, of which 199 cases were urban and 310 were rural. The results of this study show that the prevalence of animal bites is higher in men living in rural areas and the most complaints about animal bites are related to dog bites with an average of 63.024%. The highest growth in animal bite complaints was related to cat bites with an average annual growth of 4.5%. Through this study, it can be concluded that educational programs are necessary to increase the awareness of people at risk.

Investigation rabies epidemics by animal bites in northern Savadkuh County 2021- 2022 Keywords:

Epidemiology , Vaccination , Animal Bite , Rabies , Northern Savadkuh