Rabies Vaccination

Immunogenicity of Rabies Postexposure Booster Injections Evaluated

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, February 15th, 2000

The immunogenicity of rabies postexposure booster injections was evaluated in subjects who had previously received intradermal preexposure vaccination, researchers from Thailand reported.

"Preexposure rabies vaccination is recommended using the full dose intramuscular or less expensive reduced dose intradermal method," wrote W. Jaijaroensup and colleagues from Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, Thai Red Cross Society, Thailand. "The reliability of the reduced dose intradermal preexposure regimen is still controversial."

Jaijaroensup et al. published their study in the Journal of Travel Medicine ("Immunogenicity of Rabies Postexposure Booster...

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