Intra-dermal administration of rabies vaccines in developing countries: At an affordable cost

Human Vaccines

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 792-794

  Verma, Ramesh ^a   Khanna, Pardeep ^a   Prinja, Shankar ^b   Rajput, Meena ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

HDCV; ID; IDRV; PCECV; PVRV; Rabies

Indexed keywords

DIPLOID CELL VACCINE; PURIFIED VERO CELL RABIES VACCINE; RABIES VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BITE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WOUND CARE;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 79960859122     PISSN: 15548600     EISSN: 15548619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.7.7.15410     Document Type: Note

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