Alfahad Muhammad, Butt Farwa, Aslam Muhammad Adnan, Abbas Tariq, Qazi Adnan Ahmad
Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
Sci One Health. 2023 Jan 7;1:100007. doi: 10.1016/j.soh.2023.100007. eCollection 2022 Nov.
Dog bites are a major cause for transmission of rabies virus to humans. Pakistan ranks fifth among most rabies affected countries in the world. There are a few regional (ecological) studies that investigated factors that explain geographic disparities in incidence of dog bite injuries. The main objective of this research was to document findings of spatial exploratory data analysis of incidence of reported cases of dog bite in Punjab province of Pakistan (2016-2019). In addition, we have quantified the association between incidence of dog bites and a set of selected socio-economic and demographic variables. District-wise data about reported cases of dog bites from 2016 to 2019 were used to map annual crude incidence per 100,000 of population. There was an obvious spatial variation in incidence of dog bites but there was no evidence of spatial autocorrelation. The risk of dog bite attacks was relatively higher in districts with low human population density (per sq. km), poor literacy rate, more rural population (% of total population), and lower median nighttime lights.
犬咬伤是狂犬病病毒传播给人类的主要原因。巴基斯坦在世界上狂犬病感染最严重的国家中排名第五。有一些区域（生态）研究调查了解释犬咬伤发生率地理差异的因素。本研究的主要目的是记录对巴基斯坦旁遮普省（2016 - 2019年）报告的犬咬伤病例发生率进行空间探索性数据分析的结果。此外，我们还量化了犬咬伤发生率与一组选定的社会经济和人口统计学变量之间的关联。使用2016年至2019年按地区划分的犬咬伤报告病例数据来绘制每10万人的年度粗发病率地图。犬咬伤发生率存在明显的空间差异，但没有空间自相关的证据。在人口密度低（每平方公里）、识字率低、农村人口多（占总人口的百分比）以及夜间灯光中位数较低的地区，犬咬伤攻击的风险相对较高。
