Rabies antibody levels in pregnant women and their newborns after rabies post-exposure prophylaxis

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 by suspected animals to rabies and were immuniz...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Fayaz, Susan Simani, Vida Fallahian, Ali Eslamifar, Mahboob Hazrati, Firoozeh Farahtaj, Nader Howaizi, Peivand Biglari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran 2012-01-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine
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Online Access:http://Rabies, Pregnancy, Newborn, Post-exposure prophylaxis