Injecting rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) into wounds only: A significant saving of lives and costly RIG
An increasing number of dog bite victims were being presented to public hospitals in Himachal Pradesh in 2014 amidst virtual non availability of any rabies immunoglobulin (RIG). Only a small quantity of equine rabies immunoglobulin (eRIG) was available from the government owned Central Research Inst...
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| author | Omesh Kumar Bharti Shampur Narayan Madhusudana Henry Wilde |
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| description | An increasing number of dog bite victims were being presented to public hospitals in Himachal Pradesh in 2014 amidst virtual non availability of any rabies immunoglobulin (RIG). Only a small quantity of equine rabies immunoglobulin (eRIG) was available from the government owned Central Research Institute (CRI) Kasauli. This available eRIG was used in 269 patients as an emergency response and only for local infiltration of severe bite wounds by suspected rabid dogs. This was followed by rabies vaccination, using the WHO approved intra-dermal Thai Red Cross Society vaccination schedule. A subgroup of 26 patients were later identified who had been severely bitten by laboratory confirmed rabid dogs. They were followed for more than one year and all were found to be alive. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dbfe5e1706314ec890bf30f5b556d8c32023-09-25T11:00:55ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2017-04-0113476276510.1080/21645515.2016.12558341255834Injecting rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) into wounds only: A significant saving of lives and costly RIGOmesh Kumar Bharti0Shampur Narayan Madhusudana1Henry Wilde2State Intra-dermal Anti-rabies Clinic and Research Centre, DDU Zonal Hospital Shimla, Government of Himachal PradeshWHO-Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies, NIMHANSFaculty of Medicine and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Chulalongkorn UniversityAn increasing number of dog bite victims were being presented to public hospitals in Himachal Pradesh in 2014 amidst virtual non availability of any rabies immunoglobulin (RIG). Only a small quantity of equine rabies immunoglobulin (eRIG) was available from the government owned Central Research Institute (CRI) Kasauli. This available eRIG was used in 269 patients as an emergency response and only for local infiltration of severe bite wounds by suspected rabid dogs. This was followed by rabies vaccination, using the WHO approved intra-dermal Thai Red Cross Society vaccination schedule. A subgroup of 26 patients were later identified who had been severely bitten by laboratory confirmed rabid dogs. They were followed for more than one year and all were found to be alive.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2016.1255834animal bitespost-exposure prophylaxisrabiesrabies immunoglobulinwound injection |
| spellingShingle | Omesh Kumar Bharti Shampur Narayan Madhusudana Henry Wilde Injecting rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) into wounds only: A significant saving of lives and costly RIG Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics animal bites post-exposure prophylaxis rabies rabies immunoglobulin wound injection |
| title | Injecting rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) into wounds only: A significant saving of lives and costly RIG |
| title_full | Injecting rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) into wounds only: A significant saving of lives and costly RIG |
| title_fullStr | Injecting rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) into wounds only: A significant saving of lives and costly RIG |
| title_full_unstemmed | Injecting rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) into wounds only: A significant saving of lives and costly RIG |
| title_short | Injecting rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) into wounds only: A significant saving of lives and costly RIG |
| title_sort | injecting rabies immunoglobulin rig into wounds only a significant saving of lives and costly rig |
| topic | animal bites post-exposure prophylaxis rabies rabies immunoglobulin wound injection |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2016.1255834 |
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