Determinants of delay in initiating post-exposure prophylaxis for rabies prevention among animal bite cases: Hospital based study

Highlights • Hospital based cross-sectional study to explore delay in initiation of PEP in animal bite victims. • Delay of 48 h or more in initiation of PEP seen in 48% of study sample. • Distance from the health centre, family income and increasing age of the victim significantly associated with de...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Vaccine 2013-12, Vol.32 (1), p.74-77
Hauptverfasser:	Joseph, Jessy, N., Sangeetha, Khan, Amir Maroof, Rajoura, O.P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Aged Allergy and Immunology Animal bite victims Animal bites Anti-rabies vaccine Applied microbiology Biological and medical sciences Bites and Stings - complications Bites and Stings - epidemiology Child Child, Preschool Conflicts of interest Costs Cross-Sectional Studies Delay disease control dogs Families & family life Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Health facilities household income Humans Immunization India - epidemiology Infant Infant, Newborn Male males Microbiology Middle Aged Miscellaneous national holidays Patients people Post-exposure prophylaxis Post-Exposure Prophylaxis - statistics & numerical data Prevention Prophylaxis questionnaires Rabies Rabies - epidemiology Rabies - etiology Rabies - prevention & control Rabies Vaccines - administration & dosage Risk Factors Rural areas socioeconomic status vaccination vaccines Vaccines, antisera, therapeutical immunoglobulins and monoclonal antibodies (general aspects) Virology Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Hospital based cross-sectional study to explore delay in initiation of PEP in animal bite victims. • Delay of 48 h or more in initiation of PEP seen in 48% of study sample. • Distance from the health centre, family income and increasing age of the victim significantly associated with delay. • Several reasons leading to delay studied.
ISSN:	0264-410X 1873-2518
DOI:	10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.10.067