Evaluation of the effectiveness of preexposure rabies vaccination in Iran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 251-255

  Simani, Susan ^a   Amirkhani, Aref ^a   Farahtaj, Firouzeh ^a   Hooshmand, Badakhshan ^b   Nadim, Abolhassan ^c   Sharifian, Jamal ^b   Howaizi, Nader ^a   Eslami, Naser ^a   Gholami, Alireza ^a   Janani, Alireza ^a   Fayaz, Ahmad ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Iran; Rabies vaccine

Indexed keywords

RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RABIES; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 20144365249     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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