Human rabies in India: epidemiological features, management and current methods of prevention

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Dutta, JK [1 ]
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[1] Amarnath Polyclin, Balasore 756001, India
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10.1177/004947559902900404
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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In most endemic countries stray dogs are the main source of rabies infection in humans. In India 95-97% of rabies patients are infected by dogs. Most pet dogs do not regularly receive booster doses of vaccine. In Thailand, most rabies patients develop the disease within 1 month of exposure. Rabies immunoglobulin is costly and usually not available. So in India nervous tissue vaccine is commonly used - it is inexpensive and freely available despite frequent neurological complications. The cost of immunization by tissue culture vaccines may be reduced by nearly 60% by intradermal vaccination.
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