A survey of animal bites on humans in Bursa,Turkey |
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| Authors: | Ebru Yalcin Havva Kentsu Hasan Batmaz |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Teaching Hospital, Uludag University, Nilufer, Bursa, Turkey;2. Department of Infectious Diseases, Bursa State Hospital, Bursa, Turkey;1. Department of Anaesthetics, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK;2. Department of Leucocyte Biology, Imperial College London, London, UK;3. Magill Department of Anaesthetics, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK;4. Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK;5. Edinburgh MRC Hub for Trials Methodology Research, Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK;6. Department of Anaesthetics, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK;7. Department of Vascular Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK;8. Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK;1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3R4, Canada;2. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Arts and Science, Uluda? University, Görükle, TR-16059 Bursa, Turkey;3. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Akdeniz University, TR-07058 Antalya, Turkey;1. Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China;2. Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics, Ministry of Education (Zhejiang University), Hangzhou, China;1. Bingöl Government Hospital, Clinic of ENT, Bingöl, Turkey;2. F?rat University Faculty of Medicine, Department of ENT, Elaz??, Turkey;3. F?rat University Medical Faculty, Department of Pathology, Elazi?, Turkey;4. Elaz?? Education and Research Hospital, Clinic of ENT, Elaz??, Turkey;2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL;3. Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL;4. Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL;5. Department of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL;1. Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA;2. Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA;3. Department of Large Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Taastrup, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | Animal bites are a major public health problem. The aim of this study was to conduct a survey of animal bites in Bursa, Turkey. Patients who sought medical care for animal bites over an 18-month period were included in our study (n = 1,715). Data were obtained from the registry of the Bursa State Hospital; 71.84% of the patients were men and 28.16% were women. Bites were most frequent among patients who were >18 years of age (comprising 60.83% of all bites). The anatomical site of the bite was recorded in all 1,715 cases, and 1,778 bite locations on the body were reported. The upper extremities were the most frequent sites of animal bites (53.83%), followed by the lower extremities (38.03%). Bites were most frequently inflicted by dogs (68.04%), followed by cats (28.45%), mice (2.56%), and other animals (hamsters, donkeys, horses, foxes, and rabbits together comprised 0.95% of the bites). As a result, bite incidents were mostly associated with males aged >18 years and occurred in the upper extremities. This study showed that dog bites constitute a major animal bite problem in Bursa, Turkey. |
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