Epidemiological analysis on the open- patient cases of rabies admitted to CDC clinic of Fujian province in 2007 / 中国人兽共患病学报

ABSTRACT

To analyze the epidemiological factors of the open patient cases admitted to the clinic of Fujian CDC in 2007 for the purpose of prevention of rabies. The descriptive research methods in this study was used, including the gender, age, time admitted to out-patient department(OPD), level of exposure, treatment for the bitten wound, timeliness of inoculating rabies vaccine and therapy with human rabies immunoglobulins ,and the species of attacking animal . Data analysis showed that, in 2007, the OPD for dog injury of Fujian CDC had accepted 4128 cases bitten by dogs, among which children under 10 years old and adults of 21-41 years old constituted majority of cases who were bitten and injured by animals. The exposed cases which were sent to hospitals or OPD within 5 hours only 14.22%;while the percentage of cases received human rabies immunoglobulins was only 14.27%. However, the percentage of cases which were bitten and hurt by pet dogs was 64.27%. Those results indicate the need of strengthen people's knowledge and public education on rabies control and prevention, and the dog feeding management, includes cleaning of wound immediately after bitten by animals, especially the immediate use of rabies immunoglubulins and inoculation with rabies vaccine.