Preexposure Intradermal Rabies Vaccination: A Noninferiority Trial in Healthy Adults on Shortening the Vaccination Schedule From 28 to 7 Days
Author(s) -
Patrick Soentjens,
Petra Andries,
Annelies Aerssens,
Achilleas Tsoumanis,
Raffaela Ravinetto,
Walter Heuninckx,
Harry van Loen,
B. Brochier,
Steven Van Gucht,
Pierre Van Damme,
Yven Van Herrewege,
Emmanuel Bottieau
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciy513
Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , rabies , booster dose , booster (rocketry) , immunogenicity , rabies vaccine , vaccination schedule , titer , adverse effect , clinical endpoint , immunology , pediatrics , antibody , clinical trial , virology , immunization , rabies virus , physics , astronomy
The existing 4-week preexposure rabies vaccination schedule is costly and often not practicable. Shorter effective schedules would result in wider acceptance.
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