Comportamiento epidemiológico del evento de exposición a agresiones por animales potencialmente transmisores de la rabia en el municipio de Soatá, Boyacá en los años 2019 a 2022

Introduction: In Colombia, aggression by animals potentially transmitting rabies is of importance in Public Health and requires mandatory epidemiological notification because rabies infection in humans has a high lethality. Objectives: Characterize the reported cases of exposure to animals potentially transmitting rabies in the municipality of Soatá in the period from 2019 to 2022. Methods: Descriptive analytical cross-sectional study in Soatá between 2019 to 2022, taking variables from the epidemiological notification form. of the Public Health Surveillance System of the event, registered in the database of the Boyacá Health Secretariat. Data were recorded in Microsoft Excel and analyzed in IBM® SPSS® Statistics software. Results: 211 cases of attacks were found, the majority correspond to the classification of “no exposure” (80%), followed by “mild exposure” (13.27%), and “severe exposure” (6.6%), the Bivariate analysis revealed factors potentially associated with the event, which correspond to aggression by an unvaccinated animal (OR 50.06; 95% CI: 3.72-6.7; p<0.05) and unknown status of the animal at the time of vaccination. aggression (OR 17.55; 95% CI: 7.3-42.0; p<0.05). Conclusions: According to the study, it is evident that in the population of Soatá, attacks by animals potentially transmitting rabies occur in adult women from the municipal seat, and regarding the classification of the event, it is found that it is classified as non-exposure in most cases.