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The Anti-Rabies Vaccine (ARV) is the only proven way to prevent deaths due to rabies; however, its compliance is still a matter of concern. This study was conducted with objectives to (1) generate the epidemiological profile of dog bite cases and (2) assess the determinants of ARV compliance.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methodology:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A prospective study was conducted at a Primary Health Centre (PHC), also the RHTC of a medical college in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. All consecutive incident cases of animal bite registered at RHTC between May-Dec 2023 were included and followed for 60 days (post-bite). All cases, whether ARV compliant or not were approached by home visits or telephonic meetings. Data were collected using a pre-designed semi-structured questionnaire.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There were 221 cases of dog bites. Most involved were stray dogs 175 (79.2%). Bites occurred more in public places (75.1%), during the evening and early night hours, accounting for 42.5% of cases with a peak during September-November (45.2%). As for the treatment-seeking pattern, 40.7% did not do anything at home. Maximum cases were from category II 58.4%, followed by 30.3% and 11.3% cases from categories I and III. ARV was indicated in 196 cases; 121 (61.7%) of them fully complied with ARV. Reasons for non\/poor compliance were feeling cured, being out of the station, and a lack of specific reasons. Important compliance determinants were the occupation of the case and the status of the animal vaccination.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Only 61.7% of cases had complete ARV compliance, highlighting compliance issues and the necessity of community-based awareness campaigns that emphasize wound care and ARV schedule completion.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/ijcm.ijcm_708_24","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,13]],"date-time":"2025-11-13T11:00:10Z","timestamp":1763031610000},"page":"S375-S381","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["A Prospective Study of the Epidemiological Profile of Dog Bite Cases and Determinants of Anti-Rabies Vaccination Compliance at a Rural Health Training Center from a Medical College in Gujarat"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"50","author":[{"given":"Rashmi","family":"Sharma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, GMERS Medical College, Sola Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shailesh","family":"Prajapati","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, GMERS Medical College, Sola Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Harsh","family":"Bakshi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, GMERS Medical College, Sola Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brijesh","family":"Patel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, GMERS Medical College, Sola Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Azbah","family":"Pirzada","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, GMERS Medical College, Sola Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nirav","family":"Bapat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, GMERS Medical College, Sola Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"R1-20251222","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1906","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(04)16365-4","article-title":"Rabies and other lyssavirus diseases","volume":"363","author":"Wilde","year":"2004","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"R2-20251222","first-page":"16","article-title":"Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India","year":"2023","journal-title":"Training Modul for Medical officers, National Rabies Control Programme"},{"key":"R3-20251222","first-page":"29","article-title":"Int. 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