Reducing the cost of post-exposure rabies prophylaxis: efficacy of 0.1 ml PCEC rabies vaccine administered intradermally using the Thai Red Cross post-exposure regimen in patients severely exposed to laboratory-confirmed rabid animals
Reducing the cost of post-exposure rabies prophylaxis: efficacy of 0.1 ml PCEC rabies vaccine administered intradermally using the Thai Red Cross post-exposure regimen in patients severely exposed to laboratory-confirmed rabid animals
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DOI:
10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.09.027
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发表时间:
2005-02-25
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Malerczyk, C
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作者:
Quiambao, BP;Dimaano, EM;Malerczyk, C
Purified chick embryo cell rabies vaccine (PCECV) administered as 0.1 ml intradermally according to the Thai Red Cross (TRC) regimen could reduce the cost of PEP by up to 84% when compared to the traditional five-dose Essen regimen. To confirm the efficacy of 0.1 ml of PCECV using the TRC regimen. a clinical trial was conducted in 113 patients presenting with category III exposures from confirmed rabid animals at two bite referral centres in the Philippines. Patients were monitored monthly for 1 year after exposure. PCECV was well tolerated, no vaccine-related serious adverse events occurred and all patients were alive 1 year after their initial exposure. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.