Stray dog bite menace: an open invitation to rabies in Shimla city, Himachal Pradesh, India

Perinatal mortality in Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)

Perinatal mortality rate (PNMR: still births >28 weeks gestation/birth weight ≥1000 g and early neonatal deaths per 1000 births) is considered the best index of the quality of obstetric and pediatric services in a hospital and community, even though it is influenced by the social, economic, environmental and genetic background of the population. The great difference in the incidence of PNMR in ...

“Scratches/Abrasions without Bleeding” Cause Rabies: A 7 Years Rabies Death Review from Medical College Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Public Opinion Regarding Human-Monkey Conflict in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Public opinion plays a vital role in the planning and management of wildlife. The present study explored the effects of habitat, residency, and gender on the opinions of people regarding human-monkey conflict in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. For this purpose an opinion survey of 400 participants was conducted on: (a) the intensity of man-monkey conflict, and (b) measures taken to resolve thi...

Investigation of a hepatitis A outbreak from Shimla Himachal Pradesh.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Hepatitis A is an enterically transmitted viral disease, highly prevalent in India and mainly presents as a paediatric sporadic disease. This study investigated an outbreak of viral hepatitis at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India, during January-March 2007. METHODS Eighty seven blood samples, 3 water samples and 2 sewage samples were collected. Serum samples were tested fo...

Stray dog meat consumption and rabies.

Sir, the recent report on “stray dog trade, dog meat consumption and rabies” is very interesting [1]. Ekanem et al. noted that “: stray dog trade, fuelled by eating of dog meat, is a risk factor for human and animal rabies in Calabar, southern Nigeria [1].” In fact, eating of dog meat is not a usual way that rabies can be transmitted but getting dog bite during the process of stray dog collecti...