Using serology to assist with complicated post-exposure prophylaxis for rabies and Australian bat lyssavirus.

• Main Authors: Niall Conroy (Author), Susan Vlack (Author), Julian M Williams (Author), John J Patten (Author), Robert L Horvath (Author), Stephen B Lambert (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Australia uses a protocol combining human rabies immunoglobulin (HRIG) and rabies vaccine for post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) of rabies and Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV), with the aim of achieving an antibody titre of ≥0.5 IU/ml, as per World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, as s...