Dog bite is a trauma caused by the teeth of a dog and is usually heavilycontaminated with microorganism. It is of great public health concern as most
cases of human deaths from rabies have been almost always attributed to dog
bite.
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| Dog Bite |
Globally millions of people are bitten by dogs, for instance in 1994, it
was estimated that over 4.7 million dog bites occurred annually in the United
States of America and approximately 800,000 persons require medical care, 44%
of who are <14 years old. Similarly, a study in Sokoto State, Nigeria,
reported 991 dog bite victims within a decade amongst which 11 children died of
rabies. Rabies is an acute viral infection of the central nervous system,
characterized by irritation of the central nervous system, paralysis and death.
In Africa, transmission of rabies virus is principally through the bite of an
infected animal especially dogs. In most African countries especially in the
Western and Central Africa, there is absence of policy on notification of
rabies cases in humans and animals. Read more>>>>>>
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