An Epidemiologic Study of Animal Bites in Bojnurd City 2005- 2011

An epidemiologic study of animal bites in North Khorasan Province, Iran, from 2005 to 2011

  Background: Animal bite is an important and preventable health hazard. This study aimed to determine the epidemiology of animal bites in North Khorasan Province in Iran.   Materials and Methods: Data gathered from health centers from March 2005 until December 2011 were used for this cross-sectional descriptive study of animal bites.   Results: A total of 18,517 animal bit...

an epidemiologic study of animal bites in north khorasan province, iran, from 2005 to 2011

background: animal bite is an important and preventable health hazard. this study aimed to determine the epidemiology of animal bites in north khorasan province in iran.   materials and methods: data gathered from health centers from march 2005 until december 2011 were used for this cross-sectional descriptive study of animal bites.   results: a total of 18,517 animal bite cases were reported d...

An epidemiologic study of animal bites in Ilam Province, Iran.

BACKGROUND In Iran, the number of stray dogs in cities and villages necessitates epidemiologic investigations. This study has undertaken an epidemiologic survey in Ilam, Iran with regard to animal bites during 1999-2009. METHODS This was a cross-sectional descriptive study. The data due to animal bites was collected from patients and analyzed. RESULTS The number of animal bites reported was...

Epidemiologic Study of Animal bites and Rabies Referring to Rabies Prevention and Treatment Center of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences in 2011-2016

Background: The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological characteristics of animal bite during 2011 -2016 years in Jahrom city. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed using data from the Jahrom University of Medical Sciences. For analytical statistics, Chi-square test and multiple regression test were used. SPSS software version 21 was used for statistical analysis. Re...

An Epidemiologic and Clinical Study of Snake Bites during a Five-Year Period in Karoon, Iran