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ArticleSouthern African journal of infectious diseases2022

A retrospective review of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis queries, South Africa, 2016-2019.

Trisha A Whitbread, Kathleen J Kabuya, Nimesh Naran, Amilcar M Juggernath, Moushumi A Mathews, Lucille H Blumberg, Jacqueline Weyer, Vivien Essel

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Article in Southern African journal of infectious diseases, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Trisha A WhitbreadOutbreak Response Unit, Division of Public Health Surveillance, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9635-7933
Kathleen J KabuyaOutbreak Response Unit, Division of Public Health Surveillance, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3321-9909
Nimesh NaranOutbreak Response Unit, Division of Public Health Surveillance, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4367-5011
Amilcar M JuggernathDepartment of Community Health, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6652-2245
Moushumi A MathewsOutbreak Response Unit, Division of Public Health Surveillance, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7500-432X
Lucille H BlumbergCentre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, and Division of Public Health Surveillance, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2828-7678
Jacqueline WeyerCentre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, and Division of Public Health Surveillance, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9471-2890
Vivien EsselOutbreak Response Unit, Division of Public Health Surveillance, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9062-9667
National Health Laboratory Service · ZANational Institute for Communicable DiseasesUniversity of the Witwatersrand · ZA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICDs) of South Africa (SA) provides technical support to healthcare workers (HCWs) with regard to infectious diseases through the NICD clinician hotline. Queries to the hotline are often about rabies prophylaxis. An analysis of these queries may help to identify knowledge gaps amongst HCWs regarding prevention of rabies in humans in SA. Methods: A retrospective descriptive review was conducted to analyse rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) queries received by the NICD from 01 January 2016 to 31 December 2019. Results: A total of 4655 queries were received by the NICD clinician hotline for the study period, of which 2461 pertained to rabies PEP (52.87%). The largest number of calls were placed by HCWs ( Conclusion: This analysis shows the ongoing demand by HCWs for technical support regarding patient management following potential exposure to rabies. Gaps in HCWs rabies knowledge provide unique learning points on guiding training to achieve the goal of eliminating dog-mediated human rabies deaths by 2030.

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animal exposureclinician hotlineNICDpost-exposure prophylaxisrabies

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