THE INCIDENCE OF RABIES IN IRAN- A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Information obtained on diseases common between humans and animals has led to significant improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases. However, this group of diseases infects a large number of animals and, on a smaller scale, humans. Rabies is one of the diseases caused by animal bite and in case of the emergence of clinical sings; it will definitely end in the death of the individual. Therefore, the present study has been conducted in order to investigate the incidence of rabies in Iran over the past few years. Present-researchis-a-systematic-review-study. In order to find the studies conducted in Iran, the articles in national and international journals and dissertations available on Magiran, Iranmedex, SID, Google-scholar, and PubMed databases were used. The data collected were analyzed by SPSS version 19 through using descriptive-analytical statistics and chi-squared statistical test (X2 test). the incidence rate of rabies was 4 cases per year in Ilam province, three of which were caused by dog and one of which was caused by cat bite. 25869 cases of animal bite were reported over five years, the most frequent of which was related to dog bite and was reported in rural areas. One case of a 46 years old patient affected with rabies caused by marten bite was reported in Tabriz. Keywords: Rabies, Systematic Review, Iran.