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Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Print version ISSN 1679-4974On-line version ISSN 2337-9622
Abstract
MOTA, Roberta Silva Silveira da et al. Healthcare profile of rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2007-2014. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2016, vol.25, n.3, pp.511-518. ISSN 1679-4974. http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742016000300007.
OBJECTIVE:
to describe the profile of healthcare provision regarding rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis (RPrEP) in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, as compared with the Technical Standards for Rabies Prophylaxis in Humans.
METHODS:
this was a descriptive study using Notifiable Disease Information System data on anti-rabies healthcare provided between 2007 and 2014.
RESULTS:
only 2.4% of anti-rabies healthcare related to RPrEP (5,721/239,245), 42.5% of these were veterinary, biology and zootechnics students and 10.3% were professionals from the same areas; individuals aged 20 to 64 accounted for 71.8% of the total number of people vaccinated and the frequency of this form of prophylaxis was 53.5/100,000 inhabitants for the state as a whole, varying between 13.1 to 185.1/100,000 inhabitants in the state's different health districts.
CONCLUSION:
RPrEP frequency was found to be low, suggesting that this rabies prevention tool has been neglected, leaving a large number of people at occupational risk.
Keywords : Rabies; Rabies Vaccines; Occupational Health; Epidemiology, Descriptive..
