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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 +6 more
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Chronic Diseases Journal, 2018 BACKGROUND: Since the epidemiology of animal bites and the relevant factors in post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) are of great significance for preventing the deaths resulting from rabies and controlling the rabies disease, the main purpose of the current ...
Khaled Samiee-Roudi
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Effectiveness of hepatitis A vaccination as post-exposure prophylaxis [PDF]
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2016 Hepatitis A (HA) has been a vaccine-preventable disease since 1995. In Catalonia, a universal combined hepatitis A+B vaccination program of preadolescents was initiated at the end of 1998. However, outbreaks are reported each year and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) with hepatitis A virus (HAV) vaccine or immunoglobulin (IG) is recommended to avoid ...
Ignasi Parrón +10 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020 The purified Vero cell rabies vaccine (PVRV; Verorab®, Sanofi Pasteur) has been used in rabies prevention since 1985. Evolving rabies vaccination trends, including shorter intradermal (ID) regimens with reduced volume, along with WHO recommendation ...
Thomas Moulenat +3 more
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Travel Medicine and Infectious DiseaseIntroduction: Rabies is a fatal zoonotic disease; however, no comprehensive studies have been conducted on rabies prevention among Japanese travelers with animal exposure providing detailed information on pre-travel consultation, pre-exposure prophylaxis
Takehiro Hashimoto +6 more
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POPULATION KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTIONS ABOUT HIV, SEROPHOBIA, PREP, AND PEP IN FORTALEZA
Brazilian Journal of Infectious DiseasesIntroduction/Objective: HIV infection remains a major global public health challenge, requiring integrated strategies for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
Vinicius Machado Salles +11 more
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Revue Malienne d’Infectiologie et de Microbiologie, 2017 In Côte d'Ivoire, a high number of exposed people abandoned the Post-Exposure Prophylaxis. Our objective was to determine the factors influencing the adherence to the Post-Exposure Prophylaxis at the anti-rabies Center of Bouaké. Methods: we carried out
M'bégnan Coulibaly +7 more
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International Journal of Infectious DiseasesObjectives: Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) remains underutilised and real-world data on its role within prevention pathways are limited.We aimed to describe PEP use following sexual exposure and to identify predictors of linkage to prevention services ...
Rozenn Esvan +13 more
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How familiar are our doctors towards Rabies prophylaxis- A study from coastal south India.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 BackgroundRabies, a 100% fatal disease claims more than 59,000 human lives every year globally. One human life is lost every 15 minutes due to this deadly preventable disease.
Ramesh Holla +9 more
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