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Evaluating Rabies Pre‐exposure Prophylaxis Vaccination Schedules:
PATRICK SOENTJENS
CHIEF PHYSICIAN, POLYCLINIC, ITM, ANTWERP CHAIR, BELGIAN STUDY GROUP TRAVEL MEDICINE MED LT COL, HEAD, CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES, MILITARY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS
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Disclosures Background Rabies PrEP Rabies PrEP: prospective studies Rabies PrEP: retrospective studies Discussion Conclusion Rabies
“The Belgium experience”
Rabies causes fatal encephalitis
‐ an estimated 59.000 ‐ 70.000 human deaths every year in endemic regions ‐ estimated risk for an animal bite in travellers: calculated 0,4 % per month staying in an endemic country ‐ 3 deaths per year in travellers
Background
Hampson et al. PloS Negl Trop Dis 2015 WHO Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2010 Gautret: JTravelMed 2012; Vaccine 2012; Curr Opin Infect Dis 2012
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Institut Pasteur de Paris
The 10th of October 2017
Un cas de rage importé en France chez un enfant
Hospitalisé à Lyon, le garçon de 10 ans avait été mordu par un chien contaminé lors d’un séjour en août 2017 au Sri Lanka.
Background
Only the seventh known case in the United Kingdom since 2000. England's health service issued a reminder Monday for travellers to avoid coming into contact with animals when travelling to rabies affected countries, particularly those in Asia and Africa
The 12th of Nov 2018 58 old Briton dies from rabies after cat bite in Morocco