Animal Bites and Rabies

Rabies Treatment Information for Professionals

Pre-Exposure & Post-Exposure Prophylaxis

Rhode Island Department of Health Management of Human Exposure to a Suspected Rabid Animal
Explains in algorithm form the procedure to follow if you have a client with a possible exposure to a rabid animal.

Human Rabies Prevention - United States, 1999  Recommendations of the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP)
These revised recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices update the previous recommendations on rabies prevention (MMWR 1991;40{No.RR-3}:1-14) to reflect the current status of rabies and antirabies biologics in the United States. This report includes new information about a human rabies vaccine approved for U.S. use in 1997, recommendations regarding exposure to bats, recommendations regarding an observation period for domestic ferrets, and changes in the local administration of rabies immune globulin.

WHO Recommendations on Rabies Post-Exposure Treatment and the Correct Technique of Intradermal Immunization against Rabies

CDC Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
Explanations of rabies vaccine and immune globulin; preexposure prophylaxis; postexposure prophylaxis.