TY  - JOUR
T1  - CDc advisors suggest streamlining postexposure prophylaxis for rabies
AU  - Mitka M
Y1  - 2010/04/28
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2010.455
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1586
EP  - 1586
VL  - 303
IS  - 16
N2  - 
ACIP is making the recommendation because evidence fails to show additional benefit from a fifth dose and eliminating it would produce an estimated annual US cost savings of about $16.6 million. In the United States, about 23 000 individuals each year are exposed to potentially rabid animals and receive rabies postexposure prophylaxis. As a result of such preventive measures, human rabies is now rare in the United States, averaging only 1 or 2 cases annually since 1960.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.455
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.455
ER  -