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. 2015 Aug;21(8):1473-6.
doi: 10.3201/eid2108.150346.

Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis for Travelers Injured by Nonhuman Primates, Marseille, France, 2001-2014

Agathe Blaise, Philippe Parola, Philippe Brouqui, Philippe Gautret

Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis for Travelers Injured by Nonhuman Primates, Marseille, France, 2001-2014

Agathe Blaise et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Aug.

Abstract

Most exposures of residents of Marseille to nonhuman primates occurred among unvaccinated adult travelers to Southeast Asia within the first 10 days of their arrival at 2 major tourist locations in Thailand and 1 in Indonesia. A small proportion of travelers received rabies immunoglobulin in the country of exposure.

Keywords: France; Rabies; nonhuman primates; rabies postexposure prophylaxis; viruses.

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Number of injuries to humans by nonhuman primates requiring rabies postexposure prophylaxis, Marseille Rabies Treatment Centre, Marseille, France, 2001–2014. A) Logarithmic regression was used to calculate a line of best fit of y = 2,3191ln(x) + 5.4699 (black line). B) Cumulative occurrence by month.
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