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  2. Neglected tropical diseases in India - Wikipedia

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    In India there are many stray dogs and many people report being bitten by them. [65] To determine whether someone requires treatment for rabies or only treatment for the bite, the physician should have information about the incidence of rabies in animals in the area. [66] In India about 2% of people who are bitten get a rabies vaccine.

  3. Prevalence of rabies - Wikipedia

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    All five of the human rabies cases in the Midwest from 2009 to 2018 were identified genetically as strains of rabies from bats. [54] On September 7, 2007, rabies expert Dr. Charles Rupprecht of Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that canine rabies had disappeared from the United States. Rupprecht emphasized that ...

  4. Rabies - Wikipedia

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    Rabies causes about 59,000 deaths worldwide per year, [6] about 40% of which are in children under the age of 15. [16] More than 95% of human deaths from rabies occur in Africa and Asia. [1] Rabies is present in more than 150 countries and on all continents but Antarctica. [1] More than 3 billion people live in regions of the world where rabies ...

  5. Stray dog attacks in India - Wikipedia

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    Stray dogs in Kerala, India. India has the highest number of attacks by stray dogs in the world. [1] In Indian cities, stray dog attacks are considered a danger to children and old people. [2] India has 36% of all rabies deaths in the world. [3] India also has the largest number of stray dogs in the world, along with the highest cases of rabies ...

  6. Free-ranging dog - Wikipedia

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    Rabies remains a significant issue in some countries. In India, where it is estimated that there are about 62 million free-ranging dogs, [6] about 17,4 million animal bites occur annually, resulting in 20,565 human rabies deaths. [29] Rabies is endemic in India, with the country accounting for 36% of the world’s rabies deaths. [30]

  7. Indian vulture crisis - Wikipedia

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    The loss of vultures also resulted in a substantial increase in the population of feral dogs, whose bites are the most common cause of human rabies. The feral dog population in India increased by least 5 million, resulting in over 38 million additional dog bites and more than 47,000 extra deaths from rabies, costing $34 billion in economic impact.

  8. National Centre for Disease Control - Wikipedia

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    It was established in July 1963 for research in epidemiology and control of communicable diseases and to reorganize the activities of the Malaria Institute of India. It has nine branches at Alwar , Bengaluru , Trivandrum , Calicut , Coonoor , Jagdalpur , Patna , Rajahmundry and Varanasi to advise the respective state governments on public health .

  9. Rabies in animals - Wikipedia

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    Rabies has a long history of association with dogs. The first written record of rabies is in the Codex of Eshnunna (c. 1930 BC), which dictates that the owner of a dog showing symptoms of rabies should take preventive measure against bites. If a person was bitten by a rabid dog and later died, the owner was fined heavily.