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Rabies -
What is Rabies?
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Rabies is a highly fatal viral infection of the central nervous system, which occurs virtually in all warm blooded animals and man, and is transmitted by the bites of affected animals. The disease is transmitted mostly through the bite of rabid dogs. Other carnivorous animals like cats, jackals, wolves may also transmit the infection. Dog has been and still is the major source of rabies in Bangladesh. Among the farm animals, cattle and goats are most commonly affected in Bangladesh.
http://www.blri.gov.bd/dis_detail.php?disid=3
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Rabies -
What is Rabies?
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Approximately 40,000 people die each year worldwide from Rabies. Most deaths occur in China, Bangladesh and Pakistan, where rabies is endemic and healthcare is poor.
http://www.brown.edu/Courses/Bio_160/Projects1999/rabies/epid.html
Bangladesh reported around 60,000 post-exposure treatments per year (1997).
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/ccdr-rmtc/00vol26/dr2602eb.html
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Rabies -
What is Rabies?
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More than two thousand people die of rabies in Bangladesh every year, the second-highest toll in the world from animal bites, though the fatalities are preventable through right remedies. “Once infected with rabies death is inevitable, but the fatal disease is totally preventable with the help of vaccines,” said a medical expert in Dhaka on Monday.
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