| knowledge and practices among the general practitioners of karachi regarding dog bite management. | to find out the knowledge and practices among the general practitioners (gps) of karachi regarding dog bite management. | 2009 | 20201185 |
| postexposure treatment of rabies in pakistan. | to evaluate compliance with current world health organization (who) guidelines for postexposure treatment (pet) of rabies, we interviewed all animal bite victims seeking treatment on the same day of each week from 28 december 1994 through 18 january 1995 at the civil hospital of karachi (pakistan), a major referral center. of the 143 patients studied, 109 (76%) sustained bleeding transdermal bites (who category iii). overall, wounds were not washed with soap or an antiseptic in 69% of victims. a ... | 1998 | 9798028 |
| zoophilic feeding behaviour of phlebotomine sand flies in the endemic areas of cutaneous leishmaniasis of sindh province, pakistan. | leishmania (leishmania) major has been identified as the major causative agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis in sindh province of southern pakistan. to make a rational approach for understanding the pathogen transmission cycles, the sand fly species and their natural blood meals in the endemic areas were examined. total dna was individually extracted from sand flies collected in four villages in sindh province. pcr-rflp (restriction fragment length polymorphism) and sequence analysis of the 18s rib ... | 2012 | 22246369 |
| understanding unintentional childhood home injuries: pilot surveillance data from karachi, pakistan. | abstract: background: childhood injuries, an important public health issue, globally affects more than 95% of children living in low-and middle-income countries. the objective of this study is to describe the epidemiology of childhood unintentional injuries in karachi, pakistan with a specific focus on those occurring within the home environment. methods: this was a secondary analysis of a childhood unintentional injury surveillance database setup in the emergency department of the aga khan hos ... | 2012 | 22260430 |