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Rabies
Developing a Safer and More Effective Way to Deliver Rabies Antibodies
February 18th, 2009
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Celltrion, Inc., a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, have signed a Letter of Intent to permit joint research on the development of novel antibodies to protect people exposed to the rabies virus. Medical attention for a person exposed to rabies is a two-step procedure. First, rabies immune globulin (RIG) is given to provide immediate antibodies neutralizing the rabies virus. Thereafter, the patient receives five doses of vaccine to build active immunity against the rabies virus. Active immunity is detectable after the first week of vaccination so RIG is essential at the first stage of...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-02-18)
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