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- Title
Epidemiology of Human Rabies Post-exposure Prophylaxis at the US Naval Facility, Subic Bay, Philippines.
- Authors
Dembert, Mark L.; Lawrence, Wade B.; Weinberg, Winkler G.; Granger, David D.; Sanderson, Roy D.; Garst, Paul D.; Eighmy, Johnnie J.; Wells, Tommy E.
- Abstract
Abstract: Data collected during 1984 from an active animal rabies surveillance system and human rabies post-exposure prophylaxis program at the US Naval Hospital, Subic Bay Naval Facility, Philippines revealed that potential rabies exposure, most commonly from dog bites or scratches, was reported for 311 US military and civilian personnel and four Filipino employee, working on the facility. Seventy-nine persons (25 per ¢) required complete post-exposure prophylaxis. Brain tissue from two captured dogs implicated in attacks was subsequently found to be positive for rabies antigen on fluorescent antibody testing.
- Subjects
SUBIC Bay (Philippines); PHILIPPINES; RABIES; INFECTIOUS disease transmission; UNITED States armed forces; MEDICAL care; CIVILIAN employees in the armed forces; VIRUS diseases; DOGS; NAVAL &; marine hospitals
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1985, Vol 75, Issue 12, p1440
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.75.12.1440