%0 Journal Article
%T Zoonotic diseases: Human rabies postexposure prophylaxis and rabid terrestrial animals in Ontario, Canada: 2014¨C2016
%A B Warshawsky
%A D Middleton
%A L Friedman
%A S Buchan
%A S Johnson
%J Archive of "Canada Communicable Disease Report".
%D 2019
%R 10.14745/ccdr.v45i78a02
%X The number of rabid terrestrial animals in Ontario has decreased markedly since the 1970s and 1980s. However, the number of recommended rabies postexposure prophylaxis (RPEP) courses has not decreased proportionally. The decision to recommend RPEP for terrestrial animal exposures should be based on a risk assessment that considers the prevalence of rabies in these animals within a jurisdiction, among other factors
%K rabies postexposure prophylaxis
%K animal rabies
%K rabies risk assessment
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6615437/