CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF CLINICIANS TOWARD RABIES CAUSED BY ANIMAL BITES

Clinical knowledge and attitudes of Turkish physicians toward rabies caused by animal bites.

Rabies is an endemic infectious disease and one of the most important causes of human mortality in both underdeveloped and developing countries. In Turkey, 167,000 individuals are believed to be victims of animal bites annually. In this study, we investigated Turkish physicians' knowledge and clinical awareness of rabies caused by animal bites. This was a cross-sectional, analytical study. We u...

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding animal Bites and Rabies; a Multi-Center Study

Tour Leaders’ Knowledge of and Attitudes toward Rabies Vaccination, Taiwan

were almost identical; only 2 nt differences were found. No epidemiologic or geographic link connected these 2 patients. The only link was the date of sample collection. Both patients were ill during the summer, which suggests possible consumption of undercooked, or raw, contaminated food as the source of infection. The sequences from these 2 patients were most closely related to the sequences ...

Fractures of the infant skull caused by animal bites.

Animal bites are extremely common in the United States and their incidence is increasing [1-5]. Dog bites are most common, usually producing variable flesh wounds without bony injury. Reports of fractures from bites are difficult to find. However, canine bites present a special hazard to the infant skull which is relatively thin and incompletely mineral ized . One compound depressed skull fract...

Travel health advice for animal bites and rabies.