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- Title
Three-Year Experience with 4-Site Intradermal Booster Vaccination with Rabies Vaccine for Postexposure Prophylaxis.
- Authors
Tantawichien, Terapong; Tantawichien, Thanphet; Supit, Chalida; Khawplod, Pakamatz; Sitprija, Visith
- Abstract
For booster vaccination of previously immunized persons with potential exposure to rabies, the World Health Organization recommends 2 doses of cell-culture vaccine administered intramuscularly or intradermally on days 0 and 3. We believe that four 0.1-mL intradermal booster doses given on a single day could be used at no risk to the recipient. We studied use of a single booster vaccination on day 0 followed by four 0.1-mL intradermal doses of cell-culture rabies vaccines, and we determined that this is a safe, convenient, and economical regimen for postexposure treatment of previously vaccinated individuals.
- Subjects
WORLD Health Organization; CELL culture; IMMUNIZATION
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2001, Vol 33, Issue 12, p2085
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1086/338155