Background Vaccine supply shortages are of global concern. We hypothesise that
intradermal (ID) immunisation as an alternative to standard routes might augment vaccine …

Objective To review the safety and immunogenicity of pre-exposure rabies prophylaxis
(including accelerated schedules, co-administration with other vaccines and booster doses) …

Travellers are probably the largest group in the general population to receive rabies pre-
exposure prophylaxis. The dangerous consequences of the unavailability of rabies immune …

Background The current WHO-recommended rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) are
two-visit vaccination schedules, but there are studies suggesting that single visit schedules …

This module is part of the WHO series The immunological basis for immunization, which was
initially developed in 1993 as a set of eight modules, comprising one module on general …

Background The existing 4-week preexposure rabies vaccination schedule is costly and
often not practicable. Shorter effective schedules would result in wider acceptance. Methods …

Rabies poses a threat to more than 3.3 billion people worldwide and is estimated to cause
about 60,000 deaths a year. However, according to the WHO, it is still one of the most …

Although fatal once symptomatic, rabies is preventable by administration of pre-and post-
exposure vaccines. International guidelines suggest lifelong protection by a pre-exposure …

Rabies remains a global public health threat that kills more than 55,000 people per year.
Rabies disproportionately affects children and, therefore, is ranked the seventh most …

Pre-as well as post-exposure prophylaxis plays an important role in controlling the number
of deaths associated with human rabies. Rabies vaccines, classically injected …