Epidemiology of animal bite in Iran: A Systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite a lot of efforts made in the rabies health-care system, Iran is still in an endemic region and millions are spent annually to prevent rabies.

Materials and methods

Searching in national and international databases has been performed. The preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses protocol were followed. To assess heterogeneity, the I-index was calculated. In addition, sensitivity analysis was performed by the remove-one method. The publication bias was also investigated by Egger's regression test, and the trim and fill method. To perform a meta-analysis, CMA version 2 software was used.

Results

Totally, 33 studies with 250,980 animal-bite cases were meta-analyzed. A summary estimate of the incidence of 1200 per 100,000 popula

SUBMITTER: Shakerian S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10668218 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature