Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis initiation and adherence among patients in Vietnam, 2014–2016

Highlights•Less than 50% of patients completed their intramuscular vaccine regimen despite vaccine availability. •Low completion rates were observed among high-risk individuals and patients living in high rabies burden provinces. •Patients who received eRIG had lower odds of completing their vaccine...

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Published in:Vaccine 2019-10, Vol.37, p.A54-A63
Main Authors: Tran, Cuc H, Afriyie, Doris O, Pham, Thach N, Otsu, Satoko, Urabe, Maho, Dang, Anh D, Tran, Huong G.T, Nguyen, Hoang V, Le, Ha T, Nguyen, Huong T.T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Allergy and Immunology
Canine
Cost of Illness
Data collection
Drug dosages
Epidemiology
Exposure
Fatalities
Gender
Human
Humans
Immunization
Immunoglobulin
Immunoglobulins
Immunologic Factors - administration & dosage
Medication Adherence - statistics & numerical data
Medicine
Mortality
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Patients
Post-exposure prophylaxis
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis - methods
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis - statistics & numerical data
Prophylaxis
Provinces
Rabies
Rabies - epidemiology
Rabies - mortality
Rabies - prevention & control
Rabies Vaccines - administration & dosage
Regression analysis
Surveillance
Survival Analysis
Tropical diseases
Vaccine
Vaccines
Vietnam - epidemiology
Wound healing
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Summary:Highlights•Less than 50% of patients completed their intramuscular vaccine regimen despite vaccine availability. •Low completion rates were observed among high-risk individuals and patients living in high rabies burden provinces. •Patients who received eRIG had lower odds of completing their vaccine regimen compared to those patients that did not.
ISSN:0264-410X
1873-2518
DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.01.030