Open AccessKnowledge, attitude, and practice study on animal bite, rabies, and its prevention in an urban community
Author(s) -
Chinnaian Sivagurunathan,
R. Umadevi,
Balaji Arumugam,
Ravi Rama,
S Gopalakrishnan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1674_20
Subject(s) - medicine , rabies , animal bites , dog bite , family medicine , virology
Rabies is a neglected zoonotic tropical disease that usually affects the poorest communities. Rabies is 100% fatal and at the same time 100% preventable. A huge proportion of death due to rabies occurs in Asia and Africa, and India is reported to have the highest incidence of rabies.