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Post-exposure prophylaxis during pandemic outbreaks [PDF]

BMC Medicine, 2009
Background With the rise of the second pandemic wave of the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus in the current season in the Northern Hemisphere, pandemic plans are being carefully re-evaluated, particularly for the strategic use of antiviral drugs.
Fisman David N, Röst Gergely, Bowman Christopher S, Moghadas Seyed M, Wu Jianhong   +4 more
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Rabies antibody levels in pregnant women and their newborns after rabies post-exposure prophylaxis

Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 2012
Background: Rabies is a fatal infectious disease and rabies post-exposure prophylaxis is the method of choice for prevention of human rabies.Case series: We report rabies antibody levels in cord blood and also in serum of pregnant women who were bitten ...
Ahmad Fayaz, Susan Simani, Vida Fallahian, Ali Eslamifar, Mahboob Hazrati, Firoozeh Farahtaj, Nader Howaizi, Peivand Biglari   +7 more
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Impact of Educational Intervention Measures on Knowledge regarding HIV/ Occupational Exposure and Post Exposure Prophylaxis among Final Year Nursing Students of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Central India [PDF]

Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2010
Amongst the different Health Care Personnel nurses are at a greater risk of being accidentally exposed to HIV and other Blood Borne Pathogens. The present study was conducted among 50 final year nursing students of a Medical College Hospital to assess ...
Shruti Jaiswal, Sona Soni, Siddharth Singh Baghel, Satish Saroshe, Khatri AK, Sanjay Dixit, Sunil Singh Sengar   +6 more
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Data linkage to evaluate the long-term risk of HIV infection in individuals seeking post-exposure prophylaxis. [PDF]

, 2021
Evidence on the long-term risk of HIV infection in individuals taking HIV post-exposure prophylaxis remains limited. In this retrospective data linkage study, we evaluate the occurrence of HIV infection in 975 individuals who sought post-exposure ...
Heinrich, Henriette, Swiss HIV Cohort Study, Marzel, Alex, Günthard, Huldrych F, Scherrer, Alexandra, Kouyos, Roger D, Schmidlin, Kurt, Conen, Anna, Seneghini, Marco, Fehr, Jan S, Hauser, Christoph, Hovaguimian, Frédérique, Calmy, Alexandra, Riou, Julien, Spoerri, Adrian, Rampini, Silvana K, Bernasconi, Enos, Cavassini, Matthias, Balakrishna, Suraj, Braun, Dominique L   +19 more
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Post-Exposure prophylaxis studies (N = 2).

, 2022
Post-Exposure prophylaxis studies (N = 2).
Mathias Lalika (12359774), Rena C. Patel (3387779), David M. Koelle (8138436), Aldina Mesic (12359768), Emahlea K. Jackson (12359771)   +4 more
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Evaluation of cost-effective strategies for rabies post-exposure vaccination in low-income countries [PDF]

, 2011
<b>Background:</b> Prompt post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is essential in preventing the fatal onset of disease in persons exposed to rabies.
Hampson Katie, Katie Hampson, Briggs Deborah, Cleaveland, Sarah, Sarah Cleaveland, Briggs, Deborah, Deborah Briggs, Hampson, Katie, Cleaveland Sarah   +8 more
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Planning for pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV transmission: challenges and opportunities. [PDF]

, 2010
There are currently several ongoing or planned trials evaluating the efficacy of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as a preventative approach to reducing the transmission of HIV.
Warren, M, Kim, SC, Dieffenbach, Carl, Blair S Hanewall, Becker, Stephen, Lo, Ying-Ru, Catherine Hankins, Paxton, L, Ying‐Ru Lo, Mellors, John W., Lo, YR, O'Reilly, K, John W Mellors, Dybul, MR, Mitchell Warren, Dybul, Mark R, Ying-Ru Lo, Susan C Kim, Hanewall, Blair S, Mellors, JW, Lynn Paxton, Roffenbender, JS, Paxton, Lynn, Kim, Susan C, Mellors, John W, Roffenbender, Jason S, Dieffenbach, C, Piot, P, Kevin O'Reilly, Peter Piot, Carl Dieffenbach, O'Reilly, Kevin, Stephen Becker, Hankins, Catherine, Piot, Peter, Warren, Mitchell, Hankins, C, Mark R Dybul, Becker, S, Hanewall, BS, Jason S Roffenbender   +40 more
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Production, characterization, and antigen specificity of recombinant 62-71-3, a candidate monoclonal antibody for rabies prophylaxis in humans [PDF]

, 2013
Rabies kills many people throughout the developing world every year. The murine monoclonal antibody (mAb) 62-71-3 was recently identified for its potential application in rabies postexposure prophylaxis (PEP).
Both, L, Bulmer-Thomas, B., Banyard, AC, Selden, D., Altmann, F, Craig van Dolleweerd (406086), David Selden (4911475), Selden, D, Ashley C Banyard (16267520), Both, L., Banyard, A.C., Edward Wright (4468198), Bulmer-Thomas, B, Fooks, AR, Friedrich Altmann (33138), Wright, E, van Dolleweerd, C., Fooks, A.R., Ma, J.K.C., Julian K C Ma (16267529), Leonard Both (16267517), van Dolleweerd, C, Ma, JK, Wright, E., Altmann, F., Anthony R Fooks (16267526), Bianca Bulmer-Thomas (16267523)   +26 more
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Occupational exposure to HIV among nurses at a major tertiary hospital: Reporting and utilization of post-exposure prophylaxis; A cross-sectional study in the Western Cape, South Africa.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BACKGROUND:While treatment for HIV has greatly improved patient outcomes, health care workers, including nurses, remain at high risk of occupational exposure.
Katlego Tebogo Kabotho, Tawanda Chivese
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Prevalence, correlates of occupational percutaneous injuries and use of post exposure prophylaxis against HIV, Hepatitis B among health workers in Kampala, Uganda-May 2016

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health, 2021
Introduction: Of the 3 million percutaneous exposures that occur annually among health workers (HWs), 90% are in low-income countries. The estimated average prevalence of percutaneous exposures among health workers in Uganda was 70% in 2009.
Phoebe Hilda Alitubeera, Juliet Ntuulo Mutanda, Mukose Aggrey, Olive Chifefe Kobusingye, Claire Biribawa, Andrew Tusubira, Patricia Eyu, Noah Kiwanuka   +7 more
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