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Awareness Level among School Student Regarding Zoonotic Disease (Rabies): A Study in Siddharthanagar, Rupandehi district, Nepal

DOI : https://doi.org/10.36349/easjvms.2019.v01i06.001

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Rabies is a zoonotic disease with 100% fatality and affects most of the mammals when exposed. The disease has no treatment but is also 100% preventable through vaccination. According to WHO, every year 59000 cases of rabies are reported globally, among them 95% are from Asia and Africa and 40% are below 15 years of age. The cross-sectional survey was done between 15th to 17th of December 2017 in three different schools of Siddharthanagar of Rupandehi district, Nepal including 76 students (59% male and 41% female). The survey was based on the closed ended questionnaire and the result was analyzed using MS Office 2013. Although most of the students were found to interact with animals (more than 80%) and have heard about Rabies (92%), only 41% know about the Rabies in human and many of them think dog bite (57%) is the cause of Rabies instead of virus (19%). Students were aware about the symptoms of Rabies like Hydrophobia (49%), aggression (41%), salivation (37%) but most of them think treatment is possible (89%). Students have known about the Rabies but still some practices and attitude towards the rabies is to be corrected, and they should be made aware about anti-rabies vaccination.

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