The first report evaluating the post-exposure rabies prophylaxis in children exposed to animals in the Lublin Province (Eastern Poland) in 2010-2016 - a retrospective study

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Joanna Krzowska-FirychK Tomasiewicz

Abstract

Rabies continues to be one of the most important viral diseases and remains a significant threat to public health across the globe. The World Health Organization (WHO) has determined that most rabies cases occur in children. Dog bites on humans are a major public-health problem. Poland has not achieved rabies free status yet. Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) in humans can effectively prevent death after exposure to a potentially infected animal. The main objective of this study was to estimate the frequency of PEP among children exposed to animals, who had attended consultations at the Department of Infectious Diseases for Children in the Jan Boży Hospital in Lublin. We retrospectively analyzed the medical records from the period of 2010-2016 of all pediatric patients (0-17 years of age) who had been exposed to animals and attended consultations at the Department of Infectious Diseases for Children in the Jan Boży Hospital in Lublin. During the studied period, 519 children who had been exposed to animals attended consultations, and a prophylactic procedure consisting of active immunization was applied to 32.8%. The male children accounted for 55.3%. The mean age was 9.2 years. The biggest group of children (406) had been exposed...Continue Reading

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