Profile of human anti-rabies treatment in the 'agreste' region of Pernambuco State, Brazil, 2010-2012.

Objective: to describe the characteristics of reported human anti-rabies treatment in municipalities of the 'agreste' region of Pernambuco State, Brazil, 2010-2012.

Methods: this was a descriptive study using data from human anti-rabies medical records filed on the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan).

Results: 10,138 reported records of anti-rabies treatment were included; canines were the most involved species (68.