Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis, Marseille, France, 1994–2005

The administration of human rabies postexposure prophylaxis near Marseille (southern France) has changed since the eradication of terrestrial mammal rabies in 2001. Most injuries were associated with indigenous dogs; rabies vaccine was overprescribed. We suggest that the World Health Organization gu...

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Autores principales: Gautret, Philippe, Soula, Georges, Adamou, Hamadou, Soavi, Marie-José, Delmont, Jean, Rotivel, Yolande, Parola, Philippe, Brouqui, Philippe
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2603096/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18760018
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1409.071322
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Sumario:The administration of human rabies postexposure prophylaxis near Marseille (southern France) has changed since the eradication of terrestrial mammal rabies in 2001. Most injuries were associated with indigenous dogs; rabies vaccine was overprescribed. We suggest that the World Health Organization guidelines be adapted for countries free of terrestrial mammal rabies.

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