نتایج جستجو برای: exposure rabies prophylaxis
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Although canine rabies has been eliminated from industrialized countries, infected dogs remain the primary source of human and livestock exposures in Asia, Africa and much of South America. Human deaths are the most important direct economic impact of canine rabies, followed by livestock losses and the cost of PEP, while expenses associated with dog vaccination and control are major indirect im...
BACKGROUND The two-site intradermal rabies vaccination (IDRV) regimen was recently introduced in Kerala. We aimed to determine factors associated with exposure of category III severity among patients seeking prophylaxis against rabies at IDRV clinics. METHODS This hospital-based, cross-sectional study was done at two clinics in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala. Data were collected using a ...
BACKGROUND New recommendations for rabies postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) were published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization in 2010. In view of these new recommendations, we investigated the adequacy of rabies PEP among patients consulting our travel clinic. METHODS A retrospective analysis of the files of all patients who consulted for rabies P...
Background & Objectives: Rabies is one of the oldest and most lethal zoonoses in the world. Cases have been reported from most provinces of Iran, involving both domestic and wild animals. This study aimed to define the epidemiology of rabies in human and animal populations in the western province of Ilam and was conducted in all of the 7 cities of the province. Methods: In this descriptive s...
BACKGROUND The rabies virus causes a fatal encephalitis and can be transmitted through organ transplantation. In 2013, a man developed rabies 18 months after receiving a kidney from a donor with rabies, who was not known to have been infected when the organs were procured. Three additional persons who received organs from the same donor (liver, kidney, heart), all of whom were not vaccinated fo...
Rabies is an acute, fatal, neurological disease that affects almost all kinds of mammals. Vaccination (using an inactivated rabies vaccine), combined with administration of rabies immune globulin, is the only approved, effective method for post-exposure prophylaxis against rabies in humans. In the search for novel rabies control and treatment strategies, live-attenuated viruses have recently em...
BACKGROUND Each year millions of travelers visit Southeast Asia where rabies is still prevalent. This study aimed to assess the risk of rabies exposure, i.e., by being bitten or licked by an animal, among travelers in Southeast Asia. The secondary objective was to assess their attitudes and practices related to rabies. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Foreign travelers departing to the destinat...
Despite the availability of effective anti-rabies vaccine, rabies keeps affecting people in developing countries such as Côte d'Ivoire. The low compliance with Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) partially explains this situation. This study was aiming at studying the reasons to abandon PEP. This descriptive and cross-sectional study has taken place at the anti-rabies Center of Abidjan from October...
Rabies is a disease that affects the nervous system. The causative agent virus of rhabdovirus family. It resistant to low temperatures, but begins break down when heated (more than 60 degrees). main danger it transmitted from an infected animal any mammal, including humans. Timely vaccination pet best preventive measure protect against virus. Throughout world, man and animals coexist with each ...
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