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Rabies
Citations
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008). Human rabies prevention—United States 2008. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR, 57(Early Release): 1–28. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5703a1.htm?s_cid=rr5703a1_e.
Rupprecht CE, Givvons RV (2004). Prophylaxis against rabies. New England Journal of Medicine, 351: 2626–2635.
World Health Organization (2008). Fact Sheet: Rabies. Available online: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs099/en.
Plotkin SA, et al. (2009). Rhabdoviridae: Rabies virus. In RD Feigin et al., eds., Feigin and Cherry’s Textbook of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases, 6th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2494–2511. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
Wilde H, et al. (2003). Rabies update for travel medicine advisors. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 37: 96–100.
Other Works Consulted
American Public Health Association (2008). Rabies. In DL Heymann, ed., Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 19th ed., pp. 498–508. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.
Bassin SL, et al. (2010). Rhabdoviruses. In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 7th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2249–2258. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010). Use of a reduced (4-dose) vaccine schedule for postexposure prophylaxis to prevent human rabies. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR, 59(RR02): 1–9. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5902a1.htm?s_cid=rr5902a1_e.
Jackson AC, Johannsen EC (2008). Rabies virus and other rhabdovirus infections. In AS Fauci et al., eds., Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1222–1226. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Lewis LM, et al. (2006). Bites and stings. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, section 8, chap. 2. New York: WebMD.
National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. (2008). Compendium of animal rabies prevention and control, 2008. MMWR, 57(RR-02): 1–9. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5702a1.htm.
Peterson LR, Gubler DJ (2006). Viral zoonoses. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, section 7, chap. 31. New York: WebMD.
Toltzis P (2007). Rabies. In RM Kliegman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed., pp. 1423–1426. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
Wikerson JA (2007). Rabies. In PS Auerbach, ed., Wilderness Medicine, 5th ed., pp. 1206–1225. Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier.
| By: | Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: August 31, 2010 |
| Medical Review: | E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine W. David Colby IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC - Infectious Disease | |
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