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Domestic accidents are worldwide health problems. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the rural field practice area of Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore. A total of 5419 individuals were selected from 30 clusters (villages) using cluster sampling technique. Of the 5419 study population, 50.9% (2748) were males and the rest were females. The prevalence of domestic accidents in the rural community was found to be 9.6% (522 individuals who had sustained domestic accidents), was found to be more in females compared with males, which was statistically significant with P-value =0.0077 (Z value =9.09). Falls 43% (225) was the most common type of domestic accidents. The most common place of occurrence of domestic accidents was 46% (243) kitchen, most frequent site of injures in domestic accidents was upper limbs.
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The present controlled clinical trial evaluates the immunoresponse to Purified Verocell Rabies Vaccnine (PVRV) by Essen schedule of vaccination during Pregnancy. Seventeen Pregnant women with history of animal bites who received PVRV as per Essen regimen were matched for the confounding variables of age, socio-economic status and doses of PVRV received with seventeen "Non-pregnant women". The mean age was about 24 years, majority (70.6%) belonging to middle socio-economic group and received 3 doses of PVRV. Contrary to the expectations the rabies neutralizing antibody titres were slightly higher in pregnant women (except day 180) but the difference was not significant (P > 0.2). Both the groups of women had antibody titres above protective level (0.5 IU/ml) from day 14 till day 365 thus indicating immunogenic efficacy of PVRV by Essen regimen during Pregnancy.