Post-exposure care for animal attack victims in Ouagadougou

Abstract

The number of victims of aggression by an animal are growing in Burkina. Each year more than 5000 cases of attacks by animals are notified by the anti-rabies treatment centers in the country. The study is to describe the post aggression management of victims of the town of Ouagadougou.

It is a retrospective descriptive study of attack victims by animal received at the anti-rabies national processing center in Ouagadougou between 01'' January and 31" December 2009. Data were collected from the victim s consultation register. The data analysis were performed with Epi-Info version 2000 3.5.3.

Most victims of aggression came from Ouagadougou city (98.5%).

The median age was 15 years predominantly male (60%); 95% of the animal were domestic dog and unvaccinated against rabies.

The most common form of aggression was the bite (99%).