Seroprophylaxie antirabique chez les sujets mordus par loups enrages en Iran

Abstract

These figures confirm our previous observations regarding the encouraging effectiveness of combined prophylactic treatment of severely exposed individuals with antirabies serum and vaccine. It illustrates precisely the necessity of: I ) The administration of the combined treatment in all severely exposed cases regardless of delay between the exposure and the initiation of the treatment. 2) The administration of booster 10 and 20 days after the termination of the full course of the treatment. It is preferable to administer a third booster dose 90 days after the completion of the treatment.