Anti Rabies Vaccine Dose Schedule In India, Human Rabies Post Exposure Prophylaxis At The Pasteur Institute Of Dakar Senegal Trends And Risk Factors Bmc Infectious Diseases Full Text

It is a zoonosis an animal disease that can spread to humans transmitted by saliva through bites and scratches of infected mammals.

Pfizer vaccine safety. Usual pediatric dose for rabies prophylaxis. We abandoned the 16 dose vaccine years ago. 1 dose 1 ml im post exposure previously unvaccinated.

Anti rabies vaccine is a vaccination meant to prevent rabies. The pulse polio schedule for 2018 has been released and the dates for pulse polio immunization are january 28th march 11th. In a resource limited setting like india high cost of vaccine is a major limiting factor.

3 doses 1 ml each im on days 0 7 and 21 or 28 booster vaccination. A 4 site intradermal id pep can be used. The present vaccine is safe.

If possible the full calculated dose of rig should be used to infiltrate the wounds. 2 doses 1 ml each im on days. Not routinely needed for general travellers b adverse reactions.

If it is not possible to do so any remaining portion of the dose should be administered intramuscularly at a site different from the site used to administer the vaccine. There are several types of anti rabies vaccines available and are all safe and effective. Rabies immune globulin rig 20 iukg on day 0 in conjunction with the first vaccine dose.

Children in the age range 0 5 years must also be given the doses of oral polio vaccine opv as a part of the pulse polio programme by government of india. 5 doses 1 ml each im on days 0 3 7 14 and 28 previously vaccinated known antibodies. 01 mlinoculation site a booster.

Three one on each of days 0 7 and 21 or 28 given im. Intradermal rabies vaccination idrv for post exposure prophylaxis was approved by who as early as in 1992 and has now been extensively used in india since 2006. Rabies is a viral infection caused by viruses belonging to the lyssavirus genus.

Minor local or systemic reactions before departure. Modern cell culture or embryonated egg vaccine number of doses. 1 or 05 mldose depending on the vaccine or id.

Idrv is found to be equally effective as intramuscular rabies vaccination and at the. One dose to be injected intramuscularly or intradermally on days 0 and 3 the dose is either 1 single immunizing intra muscular im dose 1 ml or 05 ml depending on vaccine type or one intradermal id dose of 01 ml per site schedule 2. These anti rabies vaccine are meant to provide protection against rabies disease before and for some time after being exposed to the rabies virus via a dog bite or bat bite.