INTRODUCTION
Rabies is ไวรัสสัตว์สูคน that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animal
1. It is usually caused by a bite from an infected animal. For a human, rabies being almost invariably fatal if post exposure prophylaxis are not administered prior to the onset of severe symptoms. Rabies causes about 55,000 fatalities per year worldwide
.2 95% of human deaths due to rabies occur in Asia and Africa.3 Roughly 97% of human rabies cases results from dog bites.4 Between 30% and 60% of bite. They greatly rely on the traditional system of medicine to cure a case of animal bite, which is believed to be the cause of delay in treatment. Rabies is the disease which has many misconceptions. The general population is usually unaware of its fatality. Hence, many victims have casual attitude about it. This is usually caused of delay in seeking medical aid for animal bites. In this study the social, demographic profile of attendees is studied. This study also aims to understand treatment seeking behavior of victims of animal bites and to find correlates of social demographic factors in managing animal bite.