Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) strategies are very costly and not effective in terms of life-years gained (LYG) in a country with very low rabies risk like France, report researchers from that country. The researchers used a decision-tree model to compare the costs and outcomes of ...
Post-exposure prophylaxis, also known as post-exposure treatment, is the combination of suitable methods to inactivate rabies virus locally by physical and... GM Baer,DB Fishbein - 《New England Journal of Medicine》 被引量: 45发表: 1987年 Chapter 104 – Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis Post-exp...
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 ...
However, rabies in humans can also be prevented with timely and appropriate administration of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). Without PEP, an estimated three million people worldwide would die every year from rabies [2]. Specific steps recommended for PEP depend on the category of exposure to ...
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 ...
ContextRabies postexposure prophylaxis (RPEP) treatments and associated costshave increased in the United States. The extent to which RPEP use is consistentwith guidelines is not well understood.ObjectiveTo characterize animal contacts and determine the frequency and factorsassociated with inappropriate R...
An 11-year-old boy had a transient neuroparalytic illness that began three days after completing postexposure rabies prophylaxis with human diploid cell rabies vaccine (HDCV); he completely recovered within 12 weeks. Of 47,000 persons tr... KW Bernard,PW Smith,FJ Kader,... - 《Jama the ...
In the absence of pre- or post-exposure prophylaxis, rabies is the only known virus with a 100% case fatality rate once clinical symptoms are observed [14]. There are two inactivated rabies vaccines currently licensed for human use in the United Kingdom (UK). The first is Rabies vaccine ...
A simplified and economical intradermal regimen of purified chick embryo cell rabies vaccine for postexposure prophylaxis Healthy volunteers were randomized to receive either intradermal purified chick embryo cell rabies vaccine (PCEC) alone (0.1 ml at each of two sites on day... P.,Suntharasamai,...
Objective To understand the distribution,function settings and medical staff of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis clinics in Jinan city.So as to provide basis for the standardization and construction of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis clinics. Methods A survey was conducted in all rabies post-exposure ...