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Rabies treatment done within a day of injury is effective.
2003 FEB 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Treating bites from animals suspected to be rabid is effective when done within a day of the bite, according to a group of researchers from Thailand.
"The present study sought to determine whether increasing and accelerating rabies vaccine administration would result in earlier protective levels of neutralizing antibody," said Pakamatz Khawplod and collaborators at the Thai Red Cross Society. "Results indicated that the 8-site and double-dose Thai Red Cross intradermal regimens produced higher antibody titers by day 14 but not significantly higher titers by days 5 and 7."
The researchers concluded, "Administration of rabies immunoglobulin into and around bite wounds on the first day of rabies prophylaxis should remain the optimal post-exposure treatment."
Khawplod and colleagues published their study in Clinical ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Rabies treatment done within a day of injury is effective.