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Rabies
Research from G. Deserres and co-researchers yields new findings on rabies
June 23rd, 2009
According to recent research from Canada, "We assessed the scientific basis and practical implications of recommendations made since the late 1990s to offer rabies postexposure prophylaxis (RPEP) for occult bat encounters, including recommendations to offer RPEP to persons with bedroom exposure to a bat while sleeping without evidence of direct physical contact. The number needed to treat after bedroom exposure to a bat was calculated as the percentage of population exposed multiplied by the inverse of crude rabies incidence." "Bedroom exposure was estimated in a population survey of 14,453 households. Incidence was based on reported human cases in Canada and the United...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-06-23)
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