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Central nervous system

Rabies

Prevention depends upon enforcement of the following public health policies:

• Vaccination of dogs and cats by 4 months of age, followed by a booster shot one year later, and then another one every 1 or 3 years, depending on the type of vaccine used.
• Avoiding contact with animals not known to you
• Vaccination of people in high-risk occupations or certain travelers
• Quarantine regulations on importing dogs and other mammals in disease-free countries

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Review Date: 01/06/2006
Reviewed By: Monica Gandhi MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.