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. 2021 Feb;6(2):e004074.
doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004074.

Vaccinating children in high-endemic rabies regions: what are we waiting for?

Patrick Soentjens  1   2 , Nicole Berens-Riha  3 , Yven Van Herrewege  3 , Pierre Van Damme  4 , Emmanuel Bottieau  3 , Raffaella Ravinetto  5
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Vaccinating children in high-endemic rabies regions: what are we waiting for?

Patrick Soentjens et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: child health; health education and promotion; health policy; immunisation; rabies.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Proposed rabies schedules for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). ID, intradermal.
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