Health economic assessment of a rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis program compared with post-exposure prophylaxis alone in high-risk age groups in the Philippines | Zendy

Beatriz P. Quiambao | Zendy; Lijoy Varghese | Zendy; Nadia Demarteau | Zendy; Ruth Faye Sengson | Zendy; Jenaline B. Javier | Zendy; Piyali Mukherjee | Zendy; Leah Cheryl Manio | Zendy; Scott Preiss | Zendy

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Health economic assessment of a rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis program compared with post-exposure prophylaxis alone in high-risk age groups in the Philippines

Author(s) -

Beatriz P. Quiambao,

Lijoy Varghese,

Nadia Demarteau,

Ruth Faye Sengson,

Jenaline B. Javier,

Piyali Mukherjee,

Leah Cheryl Manio,

Scott Preiss

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.062

Subject(s) - rabies , medicine , post exposure prophylaxis , pre exposure prophylaxis , cohort , environmental health , cost–benefit analysis , demography , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , syphilis , men who have sex with men , ecology , sociology , biology

Once symptoms appear, rabies is almost always fatal and accounts for 200-300 deaths annually in the Philippines. Available rabies vaccines can be administered either in pre- exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) or post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). After exposure, PrEP-immunized individuals require fewer doses of PEP and no rabies immunoglobulin.

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