Editing Rabies (section)

===India===
[[India]] has the highest rate of human rabies in the world, primarily because of stray dogs,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dead-as-a-dodo-why-scientists-fear-for-the-future-of-of-the-asian-vulture-818059.html |title=Dead as a dodo? Why scientists fear for the future of the Asian vulture |access-date=2008-10-11 |last=Dugan |first=Emily | name-list-style = vanc |date=30 April 2008 |newspaper=The Independent |quote=India now has the highest rate of human rabies in the world. |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517100919/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dead-as-a-dodo-why-scientists-fear-for-the-future-of-of-the-asian-vulture-818059.html |archive-date=17 May 2008 }}</ref> whose number has greatly increased since a 2001 law forbade the killing of dogs.<ref name="harris">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/world/asia/india-stray-dogs-are-a-menace.html |title=Where Streets Are Thronged With Strays Baring Fangs |newspaper=New York Times | last = Harris | first = Gardiner | name-list-style = vanc |date=6 August 2012 |access-date=6 August 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808125223/http://www.nytimes.com//2012/08/07/world/asia/india-stray-dogs-are-a-menace.html |archive-date=8 August 2012 }}</ref> Effective control and treatment of rabies in India is hindered by a form of [[mass hysteria]] known as [[puppy pregnancy syndrome]] (PPS). Dog bite victims with PPS, male as well as female, become convinced that puppies are growing inside them, and often seek help from [[faith healer]]s rather than medical services.<ref>[http://www.dw.de/medicine-challenges-indian-superstition/a-16489334 Medicine challenges Indian superstition | Asia | DW.DE | 31.12.2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131194746/http://www.dw.de/medicine-challenges-indian-superstition/a-16489334 |date=31 January 2013 }}</ref> An estimated 20,000 people die every year from rabies in India, more than a third of the global total.<ref name="harris"/>