Tuesday July 6, 1999 - Question 11

Which of the following statements regarding the treatment of exposure to rabies is correct?

A. Even with proper administration of rabies vaccines, fatalities have occurred in the United States.

B. Post exposure rabies prophylaxis is contraindicated in pregnancy.

C. Patients requiring antirabies prophylaxis should receive both the human rabies immune globulin (HRIG) and human diploid cell vaccine (HDCV).

D. Patients with confirmed exposure to rabies virus must receive prophylactic treatment within 10 days of the bite in order to be effective.

E. Although the Human diploid cell vaccine is more potent and effective than the duck embryo vaccine, it has more side effects.
 

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