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We conducted a study to explore people's awareness about rabies, their attitudes towards dogs and practices associated with treating dog bites in Satkhira Sadar, a south\u2010western sub\u2010district of Bangladesh. Of the total 3200 households (HHs) surveyed, the majority of the respondents have heard about rabies (73%) and there was a high level of awareness that dog bite is the main cause of rabies (86%), and that rabies can be prevented by vaccination (85%). However, 59% of the dog bite victims first seek treatment from traditional healers instead of visiting the hospitals, 29% received the rabies vaccine, 2% practiced proper wound washing with soap and water, while 4.8% have not taken any measures. None of the victims have received rabies immunoglobulin (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RIG<\/jats:styled-content>). Of the respondents, 5.2% reported a history of dog bite in at least one family member, and 11.8% reported a history of dog bite in domestic animals during the previous year. The HHs having a higher number of family members (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content>: 1.13, 95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>: 1.07\u20131.2), having a pet dog (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content>: 2.1, 95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>: 1.4\u20133.2) and caring or feeding a community dog (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content>: 2.1, 95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>: 1.4\u20132.9) showed an increased risk of getting a dog bite. Among the bite victims, 3.6% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a06) humans and 15.8% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a060) animals died. As a measure for dog population management (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DPM<\/jats:styled-content>), 56% preferred sterilization while the rest preferred killing of dogs. The current treatment seeking behaviours of the respondents should be improved through additional education and awareness programme and better availability for the provision of post\u2010exposure prophylaxis in Bangladesh. We recommend scaling up national mass dog vaccination and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DPM<\/jats:styled-content> to reduce the burden of rabies cases and dog bites in Bangladesh.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/vms3.30","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,3,12]],"date-time":"2016-03-12T19:38:49Z","timestamp":1457811529000},"page":"161-169","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":54,"title":["Awareness of rabies and response to dog bites in a Bangladesh community"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"2","author":[{"given":"Sumon","family":"Ghosh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Communicable Disease Control Directorate General of Health Services Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Bangladesh"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sukanta","family":"Chowdhury","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Chittagong Bangladesh"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Najmul","family":"Haider","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Technical University of Denmark Section\u00a0for Epidemiology National Veterinary Institutes Copenhagen Denmark"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rajub K.","family":"Bhowmik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Hostos Community College of the City University of New York 500 Grand Concourse Bronx New York 10451 USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Md. 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