Much prophylaxis is administered when dog or cat quarantine or testing can be used to rule out rabies. Knowledge of the epidemiology of rabies in the area is frequently not applied when rabies postexposure prophylaxis is prescribed. Adherence to official recommendation for prophylaxis is often ...
Conservative estimates indicate that over 7 million patients receive post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) annually in this region of the world [5]. Children are at greatest risk of exposure because they are frequently the victims of animal bites (most often dogs) due to their small size, playful ...
Risk of rabies transmission and adverse effects of postexposure prophylaxis in health care workers exposed to a fatal case of human rabies On May 27, 2008, a patient died from rabies at the Cayenne Hospital in French Guiana. Postexposure prophylaxis vaccination was implemented for all health c....
Rabies Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in the Philippines: Health Status of Patients Having Received Purified Equine F(ab')2 Fragment Rabies Immunoglobulin (Favirab) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000243 Beatriz P. Quiambao,Hazel Z. DyTioco,Ruby M. Dizon,Marilyn E. Crisostomo,Thelma M. Laot,Dirk E. Te...
Bats are now the leading source of rabies postexposure prophylaxis. The epidemiology of human rabies postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) in 4 upstate New York counties was described from data obtained from 2,216 incidences of PEP recorded by local health departments from 1995 to 2000. Overall annual ...
A large proportion (>20%) of those bitten by rabid animals are not recorded in official records because they do not seek post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), which is crucial for preventing the onset of rabies. Of those that seek medical attention, a significant proportion do not recei...
Once clinical symptoms appear, rabies is almost invariably fatal; however, with timely and appropriate post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) consisting of wound washing, vaccine, and in some cases rabies immunoglobulin (RIG), the disease is almost entirely preventable. Access to PEP is limited in many ...
If exposure occurs, timely post-exposure prophylaxis can prevent the progression to clinical disease and involves appropriate wound care, the administration of rabies immunoglobulin and vaccination. A multifaceted approach for human rabies eradication that involves government support, disease awareness, ...
To assess the clinical safety of equine rabies immunoglobulin (ERIG) and purified vero cell rabies vaccine (PVRV) administered intradermally in children for post-exposure prophylaxis against rabies, a study was carried out among 1494 children or = 2.5 IU per 0.5 ml vial. ERIG (Equirab) was...
paralleling the findings of the previous reports. The purpose of this study is thus first to characterize the current trends of human rabies in China from 1990 to 2007, and then to define better recommendations for improving the post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) schedules delivered to rabies ...