Pre-exposure immunization against rabies: a re-emphasis for veterinarians

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Weeks, R. Mark ; Hutcheson, Robert H. ; Schaffner, William
• Description:
  A serologic service for determining antibody levels due to prior rabies immunization was provided at an annual convention of the Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association in January 1977. A total of 26 veterinarians volunteered to participate, and only 2 had adequate serum levels of antibody related solely to a pre-exposure immunization. An additional six veterinarians had high titers of antibody-probably the result of post-exposure immunization after rabies-proved incidents. The level of protection for veterinarians appears to be low, which suggests a need for a re-emphasis on immunizations and for increased availability of the relatively new human diploid cell vaccine.
• Subjects:
  Articles Humans Immunization Schedule Rabies Rabies Vaccines Veterinary Medicine
• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 96(2):166-168
• Pubmed ID:
  7208801
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  96
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b8f6586a1ea933492b4799cce069f88454faef794f196bd7ae8b45e26a199d36
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/65748/cdc_65748_DS1.pdf
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