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Immunogenicity of purified vero cell rabies vaccine used in the treatment of fox-bite victims in India.
- Source :
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Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America [Clin Infect Dis] 2005 Feb 15; Vol. 40 (4), pp. 611-3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2005 Jan 26. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Purified Vero cell rabies vaccine was used to treat 19 patients who experienced fox bite. Seventeen patients survived, and 2 patients died of rabies. Maximum antibody titers determined using a rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test were 25 IU, < or =90 days after the first vaccination and were 30 IU on day 1050 after booster vaccination.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Animals
Antibodies, Viral blood
Child
Chlorocebus aethiops
Female
Humans
Immunization, Secondary
India
Male
Middle Aged
Rabies drug therapy
Rabies mortality
Rabies Vaccines administration & dosage
Treatment Outcome
Vero Cells
Bites and Stings
Foxes
Rabies prevention & control
Rabies Vaccines immunology
Rabies Vaccines therapeutic use
Rabies virus immunology
Vaccination
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1537-6591
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15712086
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1086/427700