Studies on human anti-rabies immunization in Brazil: I - Evaluation of the 3 + 1 pre-exposure vaccination schedule under field conditions Estudo sobre a imunização anti-rábica humana no Brazil: I - Avaliação do esquema de vacinação pré-exposição 3+1 em condições de campo

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Carlos Roberto Zanetti, Luciana Botelho Chaves, Andréa de Cássia Rodrigues Silva, Luiza Marny Lee, Octavio Augusto de Carvalho Pereira
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1995
• Subjects: Rabies; Pre-exposure vaccination; suckling mouse brain anti-rabies vaccine; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Pasteur
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651995000400011; https://doaj.org/article/b11ac69f23504cd0bfd2ca0049287eff

The currently used pre-exposure anti-rabies immunization schedule in Brazil is the one called 3+1, employing suckling mouse brain vaccine (3 doses on alternate days and the last one on day 30). Although satisfactory results were obtained in well controlled experimental groups using this immunization...