Table 1. Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis recommendations

Table 2. Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis schedule

Table 3. Rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis schedule

Vignettes

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Ullman A.  Pasteur-Koch: Distinctive Ways of Thinking about Infectious Diseases.  Microbe 2007;2(8):383-387.

Review Article:  Halpin K, Hyatt AD, Plowright RK, Epstein JH, Daszak P, Field HE, Wang L, Daniels PW, and the Henipavirus Ecology Research Group.  Emerging Viruses: Coming in on a Wrinkled Wing and a Prayer.  Clin Infect Dis 2007;44:711-717.

Review Article:  Susan E. Manning, et al. CDC Human Rabies Prevention United States 2008. CDC 2008.

Guidelines:  Use of a Reduced (4-Dose) Vaccine Schedule for Postexposure Prophylaxis to Prevent Human Rabies.  MMWR, March 2010.

Authors

Heather Henderson, DVM, MPH,  Charles E. Rupprecht, VMD, MS, Ph.D.