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To the Editor: In their review of rabies (Nov. 25 issue),¹ Fishbein and Robinson state that persons who have not been vaccinated before possible exposure to rabies should be given rabies immune globulin as a component of prophylaxis, whereas persons who have been vaccinated before exposure should not be given rabies immune globulin. Except for one small study,² no published data support the omission of rabies immune globulin.

Protection against rabies may be reduced among persons who were not vaccinated before exposure if rabies immune globulin is omitted, even though five doses of vaccine are given as prophylaxis³. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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