Table 1.

Factors related to an underreporting of rabies cases

Number	Factors
1	Ignorance of causality
2	Nonrecognition of exposure
3	Longer incubation periods
4	Futility of treatment
5	Atypical clinical signs
6	Burial practices
7	Lack of local testing facilities
8	Fear of contamination
9	Misdiagnosis
10	Decreasing autopsies
11	Nonnotifiability
12	Self-perpetuating cycle of neglect