Intradermal pre-exposure rabies vaccination in a Canadian travel clinic: 6-year retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The intradermal route of vaccine administration for pre-exposure rabies prophylaxis, endorsed by the Canadian National Advisory Committee on Immunization, was implemented at a large travel clinic in Montréal in 2008. We evaluated the effect of intradermal vaccination availability on uptake of pre-exposure rabies prophylaxis and rates of seroconversion with intradermal vaccination.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study using data from December 2008 to December 2014. The number of travellers who received pre-exposure rabies prophylaxis before and after the introduction of intradermal vaccination was compared. Postvaccination antibody titres were measured in intradermal vaccination recipients. We compared demographic and travel characteristics be

SUBMITTER: Kong LY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7869659 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature