ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2015
Animal-associated exposure to rabies virus among travelers, 1997-2012.
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- The occurrence and extent of anxiety and distress among Dutch travellers after encountering an animal associated injury.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2023Article
- Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in Germany - What are the challenges?Epidemiology and infection · 2021Article
- Risk perception of health problems among travelers visiting a travel clinic in Bangkok, Thailand.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2020Article
- Serological profiling of rabies antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and its comparative analysis with rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test in mouse model.Veterinary world · 2019Article
- Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis started during or after travel: A GeoSentinel analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Mobile populations across the Mediterranean Sea and beyond: travel medicine, mass gathering medicine and homeless health.New microbes and new infections · 2018Review
- The shift in rabies epidemiology in France: time to adjust rabies post-exposure risk assessment.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2018Article
- Intradermal pre-exposure rabies vaccination in a Canadian travel clinic: 6-year retrospective observational study.CMAJ open · 2018Article
- Surveillance of travel-associated diseases at two referral centres in Marseille, France: a 12-year survey.Journal of travel medicine · 2018Article
- Disaster response under One Health in the aftermath of Nepal earthquake, 2015.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2017Review
- Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis for Travelers Injured by Nonhuman Primates, Marseille, France, 2001-2014.Emerging infectious diseases · 2015Article
- Health Problems while Working as a Volunteer or Humanitarian Aid Worker in Post-Earthquake Nepal.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical AssociationArticle
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Abstract
Among travelers, rabies cases are rare, but animal bites are relatively common. To determine which travelers are at highest risk for rabies, we studied 2,697 travelers receiving care for animal-related exposures and requiring rabies postexposure prophylaxis at GeoSentinel clinics during 1997-2012. No specific demographic characteristics differentiated these travelers from other travelers seeking medical care, making it challenging to identify travelers who might benefit from reinforced pretravel rabies prevention counseling. Median travel duration was short for these travelers: 15 days for those seeking care after completion of travel and 20 days for those seeking care during travel. This finding contradicts the view that preexposure rabies vaccine recommendations should be partly based on longer travel durations. Over half of exposures occurred in Thailand, Indonesia, Nepal, China, and India. International travelers to rabies-endemic regions, particularly Asia, should be informed about potential rabies exposure and benefits of pretravel vaccination, regardless of demographics or length of stay.
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