EPIDEMIOLOGY OF RABIES IN KADUNA OYO AND LAGOS STATES OF NIGERIA
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF RABIES IN KADUNA OYO AND LAGOS STATES OF NIGERIA
| dc.contributor.author | OGUNKOYA, ALBERT BANKOLE | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-12-04T10:44:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-12-04T10:44:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1977 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Attempts to establish the status and the public health importance of rabies in Nigeria have been undertaken using three states in Nigeria as models: Kaduna State which is centrally situated in the northern part of the country, Oyo and Lagos states in the South-west. Questionnaire interviews, traceback investigations and examination of hospital and health centre records revealed that in Kaduna state, between 1971 and 1978, 1,495 people were bitten by dogs of which 79% were males and 21% females. Male children. 10-14 years of age, appeared to be at relatively higher risk of being bitten by dogs than female children in the same age group. Monthly distribution showed a high incidence in September, November and February. Thirty-seven point six percent and sixty five percent of the reported cases of biting dogs were diagnosed in differert laboratories as being rabid and the incidence of bite was higher in Soba areas and Southern part of Kaduna State than in the northern part. All the 15 people recorded in 3 hospitals as dying of rabies were males and the death incidence was highest among teenagers | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5737 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | EPIDEMIOLOGY | en_US |
| dc.subject | RABIES | en_US |
| dc.subject | KADUNA | en_US |
| dc.subject | OYO | en_US |
| dc.subject | LAGOS STATES | en_US |
| dc.subject | NIGERIA | en_US |
| dc.title | EPIDEMIOLOGY OF RABIES IN KADUNA OYO AND LAGOS STATES OF NIGERIA | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |