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Rabies
Demise of the Milwaukee Protocol for Rabies
Published on 13/10/2026 |
Original article (Full-text)
| Alan C Jackson | Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 81(4). 1 min.
Human rabies has a very high fatality rate and there have only been about 34 well-documented survivors, defined as survival at 6 months after onset of clinical rabies. Many have had serious neurological sequelae. After a young patient survived rabies in Milwaukee in 2004, the approach dubbed the "Milwaukee...
Rabies
Persistence and booster response of rabies antibodies among health care workers with multiple vaccinations
Published on 13/10/2026 |
Original article (Full-text)
| Castellano, Mark Joseph et al. | Tropical Medicine and Health. Volume 54(1). 1 min.
Rabies is a fatal but vaccine-preventable disease. Health care workers (HCWs) in endemic areas may receive repeated rabies vaccination because of occupational exposure, yet data on long-term antibody persistence and booster response after multiple prior vaccine regimens remain limited. This study aimed...
