A descriptive and categorical analysis of age, gender and seasonal pattern of dog bite cases and rabies-like-illness among humans in Liberia, 2008-2012
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Dog bite cases among humans were investigated in light of treatment-seeking preferences of rural and urban Liberian public and were used to estimate yearly incidence of rabies-like-illnesses in the country during the post-conflict period, 2008-2012. Dog bite records were retrieved countrywide and re-validated at county hospitals. Data at the Liberian Government Hospital (LGH), Buchanan; Phebe Hospital and Nursing School (PHNS), Suakoko; and Tellewoyan Memorial Hospital (TMH), Voinjama were reviewed and categorized into site of bite, victim's age, gender, dry or wet seasonal occurrence. Annual incidence of rabies-like-illness was estimated from a probability tree model of dog bite cases
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