Epidemiology of Dog Bites

Dog bites to humans--demography, epidemiology, injury, and risk.

Craniocerebral injuries from dog bites.

Dr. Fernando Campos Gomes Pinto – Rua Bartira 1060 / 61 05009-000 São Paulo SP Brasil. E-mail: [email protected] Dog bites are increasingly being recognized as posing a major public health problem. In the U.S., Weiss et al. reported a rate of 12.9 per 10,000 persons, for dog-bite related injuries resulting in a total of 333,687 visits to Emergency Departments. Children most commonly f...

Epidemiology of hospitalizations resulting from dog bites in California, 1991-1998.

We used population-based hospital discharge data to describe hospitalizations resulting from dog bites in California from 1991 through 1998, when there were 6676 such hospitalizations (average 835 per year; range 732 to 930), and the annual cumulative incidence for all ages was 2.6 per 100 000. Children had more than twice the risk of adults, and Asians had lower rates than Whites. Children age...

Clinical Significance and Epidemiology of NO-1, an Unusual Bacterium Associated with Dog and Cat Bites

From 1974 to 1998, 22 isolates of an unusual bacterium, designated as CDC nonoxidizer 1 group (NO-1), were sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for identification. The organism's phenotypic characteristics were similar to asaccharolytic strains of Acinetobacter, but differed in their cellular morphology and cellular fatty acid profile. We report here on NO-1's clinical and epi...

The complex issue of dog bites.

CAROLINE Bower’s recent letter (VR, October 18, 2014, vol 175, p 385) highlighted the issue of dog bites. Mrs Bower makes some valid points and many share her concerns. An important consideration in this matter is the legislation that exists to protect the public from dog attacks and promote responsible dog ownership. The 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act was passed in a very short space of time in respo...