[Vaccination against rabies in Poland].
The data on anti-rabies vaccination in Poland in the last fifteen years are presented. In general, 89,019 people were vaccinated against rabies in Poland in the years 1986-2000, among them 580 after deep bite by rabid animal and 4814 after deep bite by an animal suspected of having rabies (III category of risk according to WHO). Among the patients with the III category exposition only a fraction were administered anti-rabies serum (12% of patients with deep bite by rabid animal), but this practice was becoming more frequent in recent years. 73% of patients were given vaccine after contact with domestic animals (dogs or cats), 9% after contact with wild foxes, which are the main reservoir of rabies in Poland. No cases of uneffective vaccination were observed. The preventive vaccination was sporadic and limited to persons with high professional risk of infection.
Zakład Epidemiologii Państwowego Zakładu Higieny, Warszawa.
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D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000835:Animals, Wild; D002415:Cats; D004285:Dogs; D005589:Foxes; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012307:Risk Factors
D011819:Rabies Vaccines