{"title":"Epidemiological and clinical features of human rabies in Dazu District, Chongqing, China from 2014 to 2021","authors":"Wan Shi-Gang, Liu He-Lei, Xia Hong, Wu Jing","doi":"10.2217/fvl-2022-0149","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The epidemiological and clinical data of human rabies cases in the Dazu District of Chongqing from 2014 to 2021 were analyzed retrospectively to determine the epidemiological and clinical features of human rabies cases in Chonqing, China. Nine cases were reported. All cases occurred in farmers from rural areas associated with lower rabies awareness, and eight cases had a definitive history of animal exposure, most commonly in the form of domestic dog bites. All nine patients presented as manic and died within 1–8 days from disease onset (mortality rate of 100%). Increased public awareness of rabies prevention and control is needed, especially among middle-aged and elderly populations in rural areas.","PeriodicalId":12505,"journal":{"name":"Future Virology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Future Virology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2217/fvl-2022-0149","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"VIROLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The epidemiological and clinical data of human rabies cases in the Dazu District of Chongqing from 2014 to 2021 were analyzed retrospectively to determine the epidemiological and clinical features of human rabies cases in Chonqing, China. Nine cases were reported. All cases occurred in farmers from rural areas associated with lower rabies awareness, and eight cases had a definitive history of animal exposure, most commonly in the form of domestic dog bites. All nine patients presented as manic and died within 1–8 days from disease onset (mortality rate of 100%). Increased public awareness of rabies prevention and control is needed, especially among middle-aged and elderly populations in rural areas.
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Future Virology is a peer-reviewed journal that delivers essential information in concise, at-a-glance article formats. Key advances in the field are reported and analyzed by international experts, providing an authoritative but accessible forum for this ever-expanding area of research. It is an interdisciplinary forum for all scientists working in the field today.