title: Problems associated with rabies preexposure prophylaxis.
abstract: With the rabies vaccine presently available for preexposure prophylaxis, 20% of all individuals do not have seroconversion following routine immunizations, and 5% are allergic to this vaccine. Two experimental rabies vaccines of cell culture origin offering greater purity and potency were evaluated by means of a double-blind experiment. Thirty-one volunteers who did not have seroconversion or who were allergic to duck embryo rabies vaccine received rabies vaccine produced in either human diploid cell culture (WI-38), or hamster kidney-cell culture. All volunteers had seroconversion within 14 days of receiving a single injection of other experimental vaccine. Clinical side effects were only minor.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D000917:Antibody Formation; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008297:Male; D011818:Rabies / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000276:immunology; D014776:Virus Cultivation
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D011819:Rabies Vaccines