Antibodies 3 Years after Rabies Vaccine Ingection

After being scratched or bitten by a carious animal, the wound should be treated in a timely and correct manner, strictly disinfected, the risk of the wound should be assessed. Then rabies vaccine should be vaccinated according to the results. Five-dose rabies vaccine should be carried out on D 0-3-7-14-28 respectively.  If the patient was already vaccinated before, which means that the patient has the re-exposure , if the re-exposure happens within -6 months starting from the last injection of last immunization procedure, no booster immunization is needed; if it happens within 6 months-1 year, so 1 dose on day 0,3; if  it happens within 1 year- 3 years, 1 dose on day 0. 3. 7; if it happens more than 3 years after the first immunization procedure, get a full immune procedure.

Rabies is a 100% fatal disease, it is preventable by vaccines. Human rabies vaccine can protect the infected persons by triggering your immune system to produce antibodies. These special proteins can recognize foreign invaders, like viruses, and destroy them. Therefore there is no contraindications to receive it for post-exposure which means that if you have contact with a known rabid animals, receive the vaccine as soon as possible.