Novel vaccines to human rabies.
Novel vaccines to human rabies.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pntd.0000515
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发表时间:
2009-09-29
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Ertl HC
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作者:
Ertl HC
Rabies, the most fatal of all infectious diseases, remains a major public health problem in developing countries, claiming the lives of an estimated 55,000 people each year. Most fatal rabies cases, with more than half of them in children, result from dog bites and occur among low-income families in Southeast Asia and Africa. Safe and efficacious vaccines are available to prevent rabies. However, they have to be given repeatedly, three times for pre-exposure vaccination and four to five times for post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). In cases of severe exposure, a regimen of vaccine combined with a rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) preparation is required. The high incidence of fatal rabies is linked to a lack of knowledge on the appropriate treatment of bite wounds, lack of access to costly PEP, and failure to follow up with repeat immunizations. New, more immunogenic but less costly rabies virus vaccines are needed to reduce the toll of rabies on human lives. A preventative vaccine used for the immunization of children, especially those in high incidence countries, would be expected to lower fatality rates. Such a vaccine would have to be inexpensive, safe, and provide sustained protection, preferably after a single dose. Novel regimens are also needed for PEP to reduce the need for the already scarce and costly RIG and to reduce the number of vaccine doses to one or two. In this review, the pipeline of new rabies vaccines that are in pre-clinical testing is provided and an opinion on those that might be best suited as potential replacements for the currently used vaccines is offered.
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影响因子:
5.5
作者:
Bakker, A. B. H.;Python, C.;Goudsmit, J.
通讯作者:
Goudsmit, J.
DOI:
10.1016/0092-1157(89)90018-8
发表时间:
1989-01-01
期刊:
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL STANDARDIZATION
影响因子:
--
作者:
BLANCOU, J;AUBERT, MFA;BRUCKNER, L
通讯作者:
BRUCKNER, L
影响因子:
168.9
作者:
Buchbinder, Susan P.;Mehrotra, Devon V.;Duerr, Ann;Fitzgerald, Daniel W.;Mogg, Robin;Li, David;Gilbert, Peter B.;Lama, Javier R.;Marmor, Michael;del Rio, Carlos;McElrath, M. Juliana;Casimiro, Danilo R.;Gottesdiener, Keith M.;Chodakewitz, Jeffrey A.;Corey, Lawrence;Robertson, Michael N.
通讯作者:
Robertson, Michael N.
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.80.1.70
发表时间:
1983-01-01
期刊:
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
影响因子:
--
作者:
DIETZSCHOLD, B;WUNNER, WH;KOPROWSKI, H
通讯作者:
KOPROWSKI, H
影响因子:
5.5
作者:
Cenna J;Tan GS;Papaneri AB;Dietzschold B;Schnell MJ;McGettigan JP
通讯作者:
McGettigan JP