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| Li,Guo Wei; Chen,Qiao Ge; Qu,Zhen Yu; Xia,Yao; Lam,Alfred; Zhang,Ding Mei; Lu,Jia Hai. |
| Background Rabies is very common in People’s Republic of China. Henan province, in the central portion of China, is one of the most densely populated provinces in the entire country. With the new rabies epidemic trend noted in northern and western China, it is necessary to investigate the characteristics of human rabies in this area and control the disease.Methods We chose patients in hospital isolation in 18 municipalities in Henan province as the investigation subjects. Data were collected through systematic reporting from these hospitals, whereas a questionnaire was applied to the relatives of patients.Results A total of 1022 rabies cases were reported. The incidence of human rabies in Henan has increased rapidly since 2005, having peaked in 2007, and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Human rabies; Zoonosis; Epidemiology; Dog bite. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992015000100340 |
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