Worldwide rabies deaths prevention-A focus on the current inadequacies in postexposure prophylaxis of animal bite victims

Vaccine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 187-189

  Wilde, Henry ^a   Lumlertdacha, Boonlert ^b   Meslin, François X ^c   Ghai, Siriporn ^a   Hemachudha, Thiravat ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BCG VACCINE; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE;

BITE; BITE WOUND; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOG BITE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMIZED PATIENT; MIDWIFE; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL CARE; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL STATUS; VACCINATION; VIRUS LOAD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WOUND CARE; BITES AND STINGS; COMPLICATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PROCEDURES;

BITES AND STINGS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES;

EID: 84955180495     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.11.036     Document Type: Note

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