Improper wound treatment and delay of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis of animal bite victims in China: Prevalence and determinants.

• Main Authors: Qiaoyan Liu (Author), Xiaojun Wang (Author), Bing Liu (Author), Yanhong Gong (Author), Naomie Mkandawire (Author), Wenzhen Li (Author), Wenning Fu (Author), Liqing Li (Author), Yong Gan (Author), Jun Shi (Author), Bin Shi (Author), Junan Liu (Author), Shiyi Cao (Author), Zuxun Lu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rabies is invariably a fatal disease. Appropriate wound treatment and prompt rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) are of great importance to rabies prevention. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence and influencing factors of improper wound treatment and delay of rabies PEP...