TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Human rabies in India: epidemiological features, management and current methods of prevention
JO  - Tropical doctor
A1  - Dutta, J. K.
SP  - 196
EP  - 201
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
N2  - In most endemic countries stray dogs are the main source of rabies infection in humans. In India 95-97% of rabies patients are infected by dogs. Most pet dogs do not regularly receive booster doses of vaccine. In Thailand, most rabies patients develop the disease within 1 month of exposure. Rabies immunoglobulin is costly and usually not available. So in India nervous tissue vaccine is commonly used--it is inexpensive and freely available despite frequent neurological complications. The cost of immunization by tissue culture vaccines may be reduced by nearly 60% by intradermal vaccination.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0049-4755
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -