Table 1.

Case definitions used in studies of rabies in India in the past decade

Study title	Case definitions	Standardized estimate of annual rabies incidence and units
Assessing the burden of human rabies in India: results of a national multi-center epidemiological survey [8].	Case definition not given. Rabies diagnosis from the records of 22 infectious diseases hospitals from all regions of the country for 1992—2002.	2 per 100 000 population
Re-evaluating the burden of rabies in Africa and Asia. [9]	Case definition not given.	130 per 100 000 population
An epidemiological study of animal bites in India: results of a WHO sponsored national multi-centric rabies survey [10]	Animal bite reported in the previous year in each household surveyed. Report based on memory recall of reliable, responsible adult or available home records.	1700 per 100 000 population
A survey of hospitals managing human rabies cases in India [11].	Case definition not given. Cases were identified from medical records across 23 medical centers.	0.05 per 100 000 population
Human Rabies in Delhi [12].	Rabies diagnosis was made on the basis of exposure history and presenting clinical features.	0.88 per 100 000 population
Epidemiology of human rabies cases in Kolkata with its application to post prophylaxis [13].	Case definition not given. Rabies cases identify at Kolkata’s single referral center.	3.48 per 100 000 population