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Rabies - Prevention

Prevention:

To help prevent rabies:

Avoid contact with animals you don't know.
Get vaccinated if you work in a high-risk occupation or travel to countries with a high rate of rabies.
Make sure your pets receive the proper immunizations. Dogs and cats should get rabies vaccines by 4 months of age, followed by a booster shot 1 year later, and another one every 1 or 3 years, depending on the type of vaccine used.
Follow quarantine regulations on importing dogs and other mammals in disease-free countries.

Rabies

Central nervous system

Reviewed last on: 9/28/2008
Jatin M. Vyas, PHD, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Manning SE, Rupprecht CE, Fishbein D, et al. Human rabies prevention. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; May 23, 2008. No. RR-3.

Weber EJ. Rabies. In: Marx J, ed. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 6th ed. St Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2006:chap 129.

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