Variables related to rabies deaths in India.

Notes(1) ** In the partially vaccinated group, 5 people received 4–10 vaccine doses and the remainder received 1–3 injections. Most cases sought treatment after symptoms of rabies had already appeared and the remainder abandoned the treatment after only a few injections.(2) During the period 2001–03, the most commonly used rabies vaccine in rural India was SEMPLE (sheep brain homogenate), for which the full course is 14 daily doses by injection. The alternative modern cell culture vaccine was expensive and was largely introduced to government hospitals in 2005 [30].(3) * Reported animal exposures other than dogs: cat (1), jackal (1), unspecified wild animals (2).(4) † Mostly students and house wives. ‡ - Traditional local therapy centers.