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The rabies vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent rabies. [11] There are several rabies vaccines available that are both safe and effective. [ 11 ] Vaccinations must be administered prior to rabies virus exposure or within the latent period after exposure to prevent the disease. [ 12 ]
The number of recorded human deaths from rabies in the United States has dropped from 100 or more annually in the early 20th century to one or two per year because of widespread vaccination of domestic dogs and cats and the development of human vaccines and immunoglobulin treatments.
On a global scale, however, the World Health Organization reports that dogs are the main source of human rabies deaths, contributing up to 99% of all rabies transmissions to humans.
A fox in Romania. Foxes and stray dogs are considered to be at highest risk of rabies in Romania. [100] The last case of human death due to rabies in Romania was in 2012, [101] when a 5-year-old girl from Bacău County was bitten by a stray dog. [102]
Contact with infected bats is the leading cause of human rabies deaths in the United States. At least seven out of 10 Americans who die from rabies in the U.S. were infected by bats, the CDC said ...
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends the rabies PrEP vaccine to people who have an increased risk of rabies exposure due to their job or location.
The treatment consists of a series of injections of rabies vaccine and immunoglobulin. [7] Rabies vaccine is given to both humans and animals who have been potentially exposed to rabies. [8] As of 2018, the average estimated cost of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis was US$ 108 (along with travel costs and loss of income). [9]
The Global Alliance for Rabies Control and its partners have reassessed the global burden of rabies, and are working on the costs of rabies and the benefits of individual large-scale rabies control programs. The global burden of rabies is now estimated to be 59,000 human lives every year, with annual economic losses of around 8.6 billion US ...