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SUBMITTER: Gautret P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2603096 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gautret Philippe P Soula Georges G Adamou Hamadou H Soavi Marie-José MJ Delmont Jean J Rotivel Yolande Y Parola Philippe P Brouqui Philippe P
Emerging infectious diseases 20080901 9
The administration of human rabies postexposure prophylaxis near Marseille (southern France) has changed since the eradication of terrestrial mammal rabies in 2001. Most injuries were associated with indigenous dogs; rabies vaccine was overprescribed. We suggest that the World Health Organization guidelines be adapted for countries free of terrestrial mammal rabies. ...[more]