Comparison of Rabies Cases Received by the Shomal Pasteur Institute in Northern Iran: A 2-Year Study

Table 1

Distribution of suspected and positive (infected) samples in Iran between 2016 and 2018.

	Animals	Suspected cases	Positive (infected) cases	Positivity percentage (%)
Domestic animals^a,c	Cow	128	92	71.88
	Dog	34	26	76.47
	Sheep	8	6	75
	Cat	5	2	40
	Goat	4	4	100
	Camel	1	1	100
	Horse	1	1	100
Wild animals^d	Wolf	3	3	100
	Jackal	3	3	100
	Fox	1	1	100
	Total^f	188^e	139^b	73.94^g

^aSignificant difference between the number of infected domestic animals with Pearson chi-square value 36.614 was . ^bSignificant difference between the number of infected domestic and wild animals with Pearson chi-square value 50.267 was . ^cSignificant difference between the numbers of suspected domestic animals with Pearson chi-square value 25.798 was . ^dSignificant difference between the numbers of suspected wild animals with Pearson chi-square value 5.000 was . ^eSignificant difference between the numbers of suspected animals with Pearson chi-square value 35.187 was . ^fSignificant difference between the total number of domestic animals with Pearson chi-square value 49.471 was . ^gSignificant difference between the total number of infected and suspected animals with Pearson chi-square value 69.362 was .