Rabies, The Other Neglected Tropical Disease

CME Program : Rabies, The Other Neglected Tropical Disease
by
Robert E. Dedmon, MD MPH FACP FACOEM
Clinical Professor, Institute for Health and Society-Global Health Program

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 – 12:00 noon – Mercy Medical Center

Certified for Category 1 credit through September 14, 2013.

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Additional Handouts / Articles

Clifton M. How not to Fight a Rabies Epidemic : A History in Bali. Asian Biomedicine.    August 2010. 4(4) : 663-670. Link to Article.  

Clifton M. How to eradicate Canine Rabies : A Perspective of Historical Efforts. Asian Biomedicine. August 2011. 5(4) : 559-569.  Link to Article.   
Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2008.    MMWR Vol.57, No.RR-2 April 18, 2008
Link to Article. 

Compendium of Animal Rabies, Prevention & Control, 2011. Memorandum. National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. 31 May 2011. Link to document.  

Compendium of Measures to Prevent Disease Associated with Animals in Public  Settings, 2009.   MMWR Vol.58. No.RR-5 May 1, 2009. Link to Article.    

The Continuing Scourge of Human Rabies in South and Southeast Asia. Asian Biomedicine. August 2011 ; 5(4) : 431.  Link to Article. 
Costa P et al. World Rabies Day outreach to Asia : empowering people through education. Asian Biomedicine. August 2009. 3(4) : 451-457.   Link to Article. 

Dedmon RE. Mad dogs and Englishmen. Asian Biomedicine. February 2008. 2(1) :  27-24.  Link to Article.  

Fatal Human Rabies due to Duvenhage Virus from a Bat in Kenya.   PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 3(7) e428 July 2009. Link to Article. 

Furious Rabies after an Atypical Exposure.   PLOS Medicine 6(3) ; e1000044. Link to Article. 

Human and Dog Rabies Prevention & Control : Report of the WHO/Bill & Melinda Gates  Foundation Consultation, Annecy, France. October 2009.  Link to this Document. 

Human Rabies Prevention--United States, 2008.  MMWR Vol.57, No.RR-3 May 23, 2008.  Link to this Article. 

The Immunologic Basis for Immunization Series Module 17 : Rabies.   World Health Organization, 2011.  
Link to this Document. 

Imported Episodic Rabies Increases Patient Demand for and Physician Delivery of  Antirabies Prophylaxis.
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 4(6) ; e713 June 2010.  Link to this Article.

Rabies in the 21st Century.   PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 4(3) e591 March 2010.  Link to this Article.

Rabies, Still Neglected after 125 Years of Vaccination.  PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 4(11) ; e839 November 2010. Link to this Article. 

Rabies Vaccines : WHO Position Paper.  WHO Weekly Epideimiological Record. 6 Aug 2010. 32(85) ;  309-320.  Link to this Article. 

Table 1. Cases of rabies in the United States, by state and category, during 2010.  Draft Release.  Link to this Document.   Affinity access only.

Use of a Reduced (4-Dose) Vaccine Schedule for Postexposure Prophylaxis to Prevent  Human Rabies.   MMWR Vol.59, No.RR-2 March 19, 2010.  Link to this Article. 

All Article Links were live and working as of 20 September 2011.