27 April, 2010

Rabies vaccine


Rabies vaccine(Kaketsuken)

1) Transmission: Bitten by rabies-infected dogs.
-------------------The most common wild reservoirs of rabies are raccoons, skunks, 

------------------- bats, foxes,coyotes, cats and cattle.
2) Rabies vaccine: Inactivated Tissue Culture Rabies Vaccine.

------------------ Rabies virus(HEP Flury strain), culture in Chicken embryo cells.
3) Manufacture:    Kaketsuken, Kumamoto 860-8568, Japan
4) Dosage :
----------- 1) pre-exposure: 3 times( 0, 4 weeks later, 6~12 months later)

------------------------------- subcutaneously( not intramuscular).
---------- -2) post-exposure: 6 times.

Any questions: write to Keiji Hagiwara, MD
---------------------------------Kami-Ube Pediatric Clinic,
---------------------------------Ube 755-0097, Japan
---------------------------------keijihagiwara@gmail.com