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Rabia
Prevención:
La prevención depende de la aplicación de las siguientes polÃticas de salud pública:
- Vacunar los perros y gatos antes de los 4 meses de edad, ponerles una vacuna de refuerzo un año más tarde y después otra cada 1 a 3 años, según el tipo de vacuna que se utilizó
- Evitar el contacto con animales desconocidos
- Vacunar a ciertos viajeros o personas en ocupaciones de alto riesgo
- Disponer de cuarentena para perros y otros mamÃferos importados en los paÃses libres de rabia
Referencias:
Marx J. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 5th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2002:1837-1838.
Stantic-Pavlinic M. Public health concerns in bat rabies across Europe. Euro Surveill . 2005 Nov 1;10(11) .
Brookes SM, Aegerter JN, Smith GC. European bat lyssavirus in Scottish bats. Emerg Infect Dis . 2005 Apr;11(4):572-8.
Cohen J, Powderly WG. Infectious Diseases . 2nd ed. New York, NY: Elsevier; 2004:1503-1506.
- Fecha de revisión: 1/6/2006
- Versión en inglés revisada por: Monica Gandhi MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
- Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc.
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