Beyond the guidelines: real-world challenges in rabies post-exposure prophylaxis
Real-world rabies exposures often fall outside rigid WHO categories. Through the lens of three ambiguous cases, this Perspective explores the clinical and ethical challenges in post-exposure prophylaxis decision-making-calling for a more flexible, risk-based approach that integrates anatomy, virology, and precaution-while avoiding indiscriminate overtreatment
Authors
- Pablo Barreiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3819-5371)
- Rosa de Miguel Buckley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2749-818X)
- Marta Díaz‐Menéndez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9427-5237)
- Mar Lago
- Fernando Calle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2544-3492)
Institutions
- Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Travel Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaf084
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.07