RABIES AND MANAGEMENT OF ANIMAL BITES
2016 ◽
Vol 68
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pp. 13
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<p>Rabies is nearly 100% fatal and 100% preventable zoonotic disease. Rabies causes 50,000 deaths worldwide of which, more than 80% occur in India. Bite from any warm‑blooded animal can transmit rabies. Management of animal bites from the point of view of prevention of rabies is a three‑pronged policy: (a) Wound treatment, (b) antirabies serum and (c) antirabies vaccine (ARV). ARV can be given by both intradermal and intramuscular routes, however regimens, of both, are different. The minimum duration of re‑exposure immunization is considered to be 3 months in a previously fully treated case of animal bite. There is also provision of preexposure prophylaxis in high‑risk groups and children by both intramuscular and intradermal route.</p>
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2020 ◽
Vol 20
(23)
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pp. 355-375
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2006 ◽
Vol 24
(4)
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pp. 349-352
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