title: Evaluating risk: rabies exposure and occupational implications.
abstract: Despite advances in vaccination, rabies remains a significant worldwide public health problem. Although the death rate is low in the United States, treatment and prevention costs are high. Occupational health nurses and occupational health nurse practitioners should consider rabies epidemiology, pathophysiology, and disease prevention and management when evaluating an employee's risk of exposure and subsequent infection.
authors.affiliation: Bayfront Medical Center, St. Petersburg, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Julie C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Powell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D017281:Cost of Illness; D018450:Disease Progression; D004199:Disease Vectors; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D024802:Nurse's Role; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis / Q000517:prevention & control; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011322:Primary Prevention; D011818:Rabies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D011819:Rabies Vaccines