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ACIP Updates Rabies Recommendations

The U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has presented updated recommendations for human rabies prevention in an MMWR article released early online.

The committee says it has made "no substantial changes to the recommended approach for rabies postexposure or pre-exposure prophylaxis," and that "modifications were made ... to clarify the recommendations and better specify the situations in which ... prophylaxis should be administered."

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Published in Physician's First Watch May 8, 2008

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