Open AccessCase profile, volume analysis, and dropout rate of antirabies vaccination regimens among animal bite victims in Gujarat
Author(s) -
Kishor M Dhaduk,
Sumit Unadkat,
Pooja R Katharotiya,
Ankit R Mer,
Monika C Chaudhary,
Mrudul M Prajapati
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/0019-557x.195855
Subject(s) - vaccination , medicine , animal bites , rabies , dropout (neural networks) , environmental health , virology , machine learning , computer science
Rabies is a preventable neglected public health problem and associated with multiple cultural, religious, and social practices, myths in our country. There is a lack of organized surveillance system to measure the incidence of animal bite and human rabies as well as to evaluate cost-saving of different routes, regimen, and types of antirabies vaccines (ARV)/immunoglobulin available in India.