Epidemiology of dog bites in Patna: A cross sectional study

• Main Authors: N Agarwal (Author), C M Singh (Author), Kumar Gulsha (Author), S Singh (Author), S Sinha (Author), K Singh (Author), G K Singh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Dogs bite more than 4.7 million people a globally. India has the highest rate of human rabies in the world, primarily because of stray dogs, whose number has largely increased since 2001. Experts believe that public education can prevent these bites. The objectives are to estimate dog bi...