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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Fooks AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6863069 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vaccine 20180825
Rabies remains endemic in more than 150 countries. In 99% of human cases, rabies virus is transmitted by dogs. The disease, which is nearly always fatal, is preventable by vaccines given either before and/or after exposure to a rabid animal. Numerous factors including the high cost of vaccines, the relative complexity of post-exposure vaccination protocols requiring multiple doses of vaccine, which in cases of severe exposure have to be combined with a rabies immune globulin, lack of access to h ...[more]