نتایج جستجو برای: exposure rabies prophylaxis

تعداد نتایج: 339658  

2017
Grace O. Olayemi Jarlath U. Umoh Grace S. Kia Asabe A. Dzikwi

Introduction Rabies is a zoonotic disease of high public health importance1. There have been documented reports of rabies in vaccinated dogs2. Rabies is enzootic in domestic dogs in Nigeria. Hence, annual vaccination campaigns of dogs are advocated with the aim of rabies elimination. Vaccination status, type of vaccination and the immunogenicity of the various rabies vaccines used in Abuja Nige...

Journal: :Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases 2008

Journal: :Journal of public health 2007
Jonathan E Folb Richard P D Cooke

A retrospective audit was conducted of all issues of rabies vaccine or human rabies immunoglobulin (HRIG) from the Clinical Microbiology Department at University Hospital Aintree for post-exposure prophylaxis. The appropriateness of management was reviewed by a blinded panel, which used guidelines issued by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) as a standard. Thirty-six enquiries, on average 9 day...

Journal: :Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 2013
S Tsiodras G Dougas A Baka C Billinis S Doudounakis A Balaska T Georgakopoulou G Rigakos V Kontos K E Tasioudi M Tzani P Tsarouxa P Iliadou O Mangana-Vougiouka D Iliopoulos S Sapounas P Efstathiou A Tsakris C Hadjichristodoulou J Kremastinou

Greece has been rabies-free since 1987 with no human cases since 1970. During 2012 to 2013, rabies has re-emerged in wild and domestic animals in northern Greece. By end March 2013, rabies was diagnosed in 17 animals including 14 red foxes, two shepherd dogs and one cat; 104 subsequent human exposures required post-exposure prophylaxis according to the World Health Organization criteria. Human ...

2013
Niall Conroy Susan Vlack Julian M. Williams John J. Patten Robert L. Horvath Stephen B. Lambert

BACKGROUND Australia uses a protocol combining human rabies immunoglobulin (HRIG) and rabies vaccine for post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) of rabies and Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV), with the aim of achieving an antibody titre of ≥0.5 IU/ml, as per World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, as soon as possible. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We present the course of PEP administration and ...

Journal: :Indian Journal of Medical Ethics 2021

The lack of adherence to the recommended rabies post-exposure prophylaxis guidelines by physicians during encounters with cases animal bite re-exposure results in enormous avoidable economic costs, wastage scarce resources, and is a significant but neglected health concern. challenges encountered managing arise from deficiencies existing system reflect an overlooked largely unreported ethical d...

Journal: :Semina-ciencias Agrarias 2021

Rabies is a zoonosis caused by Lyssavirus, with progressive development and high lethality rate. In Brazil, rabies accidents animals potentially transmitting the disease are mandatory notification injuries. Exposure to infection places financial burden on public health systems, especially for care of people who exposed have risk death. We aimed define epidemiological profile human post-exposure...

Journal: :The Journal of communicable diseases 2022

Rabies is an acute viral zoonotic disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS) of all warm-blooded animals, including mammals. Research studies and experience from across world have demonstrated appropriate administration a combination (a) local wound treatment, (b) anti-rabies vaccination (c) passive immunization proved to be quite effective in preventing occurrence rabies. As far as ...

2017
Gebreyohans Gebru Teklu Teweldemedhn Gebretinsae Hailu Gebremedhin Romha Eshetu

BACKGROUND Rabies is a fatal zoonotic disease that has been known in Ethiopia for centuries in society as "Mad Dog Disease". It is an important disease with veterinary and public health significance in the North western zone of Tigray where previous studies have not been conducted. Frequent occurrence of outbreaks in the area led the researchers to carry out a four year retrospective study to e...

Journal: :European journal of public health 2007
Jonathan Dubnov Elioz Hefer Lisa Rubin Shmuel Rishpon

BACKGROUND Rabies remains a significant public health problem in Israel. Some 16 000-20 000 persons come yearly to the district health offices after being bitten by animals and 16-18% receive rabies post-exposure treatment. A quality assessment of the rabies post-exposure prophylaxis decisions was never held in Israel before. The purpose of this study was to analyse the decision-making process ...

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