Abstract
Effect of Media Warnings on Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis, France
Highlights
To the Editor: Rabies was officially declared eliminated in nonflying mammals in metropolitan France during 2001–2008 by the World Organisation for Animal Health; the last case of rabies was believed to occur in a fox in 1998
In 2007, a domestic cat was found infected with a bat rabies– associated lyssaviruses (BRALVs), an indication that, bats are the primary hosts of this pathogen, other mammals may be infected
We compared the number of rabies postexposure prophylaxis (RPEP) treatments in humans after bat-related exposures in the south of France with newspaper reports about rabies-related events over an 8-year period
Summary
To the Editor: Rabies was officially declared eliminated in nonflying mammals in metropolitan France during 2001–2008 by the World Organisation for Animal Health; the last case of rabies was believed to occur in a fox in 1998. Patient demand for rabies postexposure prophylaxis (RPEP) has been associated with media-communicated health alerts in France [2,3] and French Guiana [4]. We compared the number of RPEP treatments in humans after bat-related exposures in the south of France with newspaper reports about rabies-related events over an 8-year period.
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