AVMA News: CDC updates recommendation for human rabies vaccination
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its recommendations for rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis for humans to replace the three-dose rabies vaccination schedule with a two-dose vaccination schedule that will provide protection for at least three years.
The updated PrEP recommendations, published in the May 6 edition of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (PDF), were developed by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The group of medical and public health experts provides advice and guidance on controlling vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S. civilian population.
The recommendations were last updated in 2008. The CDC noted barriers affecting adherence to the recommendations since then, according to the report, “including out-of-pocket costs of rabies biologics (3-dose PrEP vaccination series is currently estimated at ≥$1,100), confusion about which activities fall within different risk categories, and noncompliance with recommendations for repeated titer checks.”
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Posted October 21, 2022