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Volume 22, Number 3—March 2016
Letter

Suspected Rabies in Humans and Animals, Laikipia County, Kenya

Mark ObonyoComments to Author , James M. Akoko, Austine B. Orinde, Eric Osoro, Waqo Gufu Boru, Ian Njeru, and Eric M. Fèvre
Author affiliations: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Nairobi, Kenya (M. Obonyo, A.B. Orinde); Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Nairobi (M. Obonyo, W.G. Boru); International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi (J.M. Akoko, E.M. Fèvre); Kenya Zoonotic Disease Unit, Nairobi (A.B. Orinde, E. Osoro); Ministry of Health, Kenya (W.G. Boru, I. Njeru); University of Liverpool Institute of Infection and Global Health, Liverpool, UK (E.M. Fèvre)

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Table

Responses to questionnaire interview of 11 animal bite victims assessed for rabies, Laikipia County, Kenya, 2014*

Variables/categories No. (%) case-patients
Time of bite
Evening 6 (55)
Morning 4 (36)
Afternoon
 1 (9)
Part of body bitten
Legs 8 (73)
Arms
 3 (27)
Circumstances of bite
Unprovoked 9 (82)
Animal provoked
 2 (18)
Type of animal
Dog 10 (91)
Cat
 1 (9)
Ownership of biting animal
Owned 9 (82)
Stray
 2 (18)
Rabies vaccination history of biting animal
Unknown 7 (64)
Not vaccinated
 4 (36)
Outcome of biting animal
Alive and normal 7 (64)
Deceased
 4 (36)
Wound washed after bite
Yes 9 (82)
No
 2 (18)
Treatment at healthcare facility
Anti-tetanus 9 (82)
PEP rabies vaccination 8 (72)
Pain killers
 5 (46)
Distance from nearest PEP facility, km
>10 7 (64)
5–10 3 (27)
0–5
 1 (9)
Source of PEP
Government facility 5 (63)
Chemist 2 (25)
Private hospital 1 (13)
Costs of PEP, US$†
No. doses of PEP administered 23
Cost categories Average (range)
Cost/dose of PEP ≈8 (2–15)
Total cost of PEP doses ≈23 (8–50)
Direct medical cost ≈65 (2–500)
Indirect medical cost ≈34 (4–100)
Average cost for obtaining 1 dose of PEP
 ≈45 (8–120)
*PEP, postexposure prophylaxis.
†Average annual exchange rate during 2013 was 1 Kenya shilling/$0.011586 US.

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