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Do I Need A Vaccination Again For Dog Bite If Previously Vaccinated?
Rabies and vaccine
hello my son was bitten by our neighbor s dog.he received 3 doses of rabipur , the dog is doing well so that the doctor discontinue for the 4th dose, after 12 days after the last dose he bitten again by another dog...i ask that the current vaccine is still active what we can do?
hello my son was bitten by our neighbor s dog.he received 3 doses of rabipur , the dog is doing well so that the doctor discontinue for the 4th dose, after 12 days after the last dose he bitten again by another dog...i ask that the current vaccine is still active what we can do?
Tue, 22 Jul 2014
Hello,
Welcome to HCM,
As your son was given post exposure prophylaxis with three doses of anti rabies vaccine on days 0,3 and 7. Remaining two doses was not given as dog was available for observation and it is healthy after 10 days of observation.
As he was bitten once again, according to WHO categorization of animal bite, he will be categorized into Re- Exposure category.
The Re-Exposures should receive two doses of anti rabies vaccine on days 0 and 3. So your son should receive two shots of anti rabies vaccine.
Thank you.
Welcome to HCM,
As your son was given post exposure prophylaxis with three doses of anti rabies vaccine on days 0,3 and 7. Remaining two doses was not given as dog was available for observation and it is healthy after 10 days of observation.
As he was bitten once again, according to WHO categorization of animal bite, he will be categorized into Re- Exposure category.
The Re-Exposures should receive two doses of anti rabies vaccine on days 0 and 3. So your son should receive two shots of anti rabies vaccine.
Thank you.
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