title: Confirmed rabies exposure during pregnancy: treatment with human rabies immune globulin and human diploid cell vaccine.
abstract: A review of the literature shows 24 cases of pregnant human exposure to rabies virus through confirmed rabid animal bites. Historically, these patients received passive immunization with equine rabies immunoglobulin and/or purified vero cell vaccine or duck embryo vaccine. With the recent development of human-derived rabies vaccines, we report an additional case of human gestational rabies exposure, which was treated with human rabies immune globulin and human diploid cell vaccine.
authors.affiliation: Henry Ford Hospital-Fairlane, Dearborn, Michigan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chabala
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amenta
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Ognjan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007116:Immunization, Passive / Q000592:standards*; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000097:blood; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011818:Rabies / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D007136:Immunoglobulins; D011819:Rabies Vaccines