Rabies postexposure prophylaxis survey--Kentucky, 1994.

A survey of rabies postexposure prophylaxis administered by local health departments for a 1-year period showed that very few patients received treatment as a result of exposure to a confirmed rabid animal. Most prophylaxis was administered for contact with domestic animals in situations where exist...

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Autores principales: Auslander, M, Kaelin, C
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1997
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9204304
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description A survey of rabies postexposure prophylaxis administered by local health departments for a 1-year period showed that very few patients received treatment as a result of exposure to a confirmed rabid animal. Most prophylaxis was administered for contact with domestic animals in situations where existing recommendations for quarantine or laboratory testing of the animal were not followed. Because rabies in domestic animals in Kentucky is uncommon, these findings suggest that had the existing recommendations been followed, the prophylaxis would have been unnecessary in most cases.
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spelling pubmed-26276132009-05-20 Rabies postexposure prophylaxis survey--Kentucky, 1994. Auslander, M Kaelin, C Emerg Infect Dis Research Article A survey of rabies postexposure prophylaxis administered by local health departments for a 1-year period showed that very few patients received treatment as a result of exposure to a confirmed rabid animal. Most prophylaxis was administered for contact with domestic animals in situations where existing recommendations for quarantine or laboratory testing of the animal were not followed. Because rabies in domestic animals in Kentucky is uncommon, these findings suggest that had the existing recommendations been followed, the prophylaxis would have been unnecessary in most cases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1997 /pmc/articles/PMC2627613/ /pubmed/9204304 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title Rabies postexposure prophylaxis survey--Kentucky, 1994.
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title_fullStr Rabies postexposure prophylaxis survey--Kentucky, 1994.
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title_short Rabies postexposure prophylaxis survey--Kentucky, 1994.
title_sort rabies postexposure prophylaxis survey--kentucky, 1994.
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