Open AccessThe Use of a Heterologous Anti-Rabies Immunoglobulin for Specific Prevention of Human Rabies
Author(s) -
А. А. Мовсесянц,
А. Ю. Бутырский,
В. П. Бондарев,
Ю. В. Олефир,
Е. Л. Постнова,
A.V. Mukhacheva
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
èpidemiologiâ i vakcinoprofilaktika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2619-0494
pISSN - 2073-3046
DOI - 10.31631/2073-3046-2015-14-5-85-89
Subject(s) - rabies , virology , medicine , population , rabies virus , epidemiology , immunization , rabies vaccine , immunology , environmental health , antibody , pathology
This paper reviews the problems of passive immunization of rabies. In the Russian Federation remains serious epizoot-epidemiological situation of rabies, characterized the increase of the number of disadvantaged settlements and the registration of the hydrophobia in the population. In these circumstances the only possibility to prevent the disease in humans who suffered from the bite of a rabid animal, is timely and appropriate the administration of modern anti-rabies drugs.