Volume 16, Number 12—December 2010
Research
Reemergence of Rabies in Chhukha District, Bhutan, 2008
Basant Sharma, Navneet K. Dhand, Nilkanta Timsina, Michael P. Ward1
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Table 3
No. human exposures to suspected rabies virus, Chhukha district, Bhutan, January 23–July 31, 2008
| Subdistrict and exposure |
No. persons exposed |
|---|---|
| Dala | |
| Contact with rabid animals | 30 |
| Bongo | |
| Dog bite | 130 |
| Contact with rabid animals | 132 |
| Consumption of meat or dairy products from rabid animals | 120 |
| Other animal bite |
22 |
| Bjachho | |
| Consumption of meat from rabid animals | 116 |
| Consumption of dairy products from
or contact with rabid animals |
124 |
| Total | 674 |
1Current affiliation: The University of Sydney, Camden, New South Wales, Australia.
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