Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Effect of Media Warnings on Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis, France

Philippe Gautret

, Caroline Labreuil, Mohamadou Seyni, Jean Delmont, Philippe Parola, and Philippe Brouqui

Author affiliations: Author affiliation: Hôpital Nord, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France.

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Number of rabies postexposure prophylaxis treatments caused by bat-related exposures as reported by 18 antirabies medical centers in southern France, by time of first visit, 2002–2009. Centers responding were Annecy, Annonay, Aurillac, Bastia, Bordeaux, Chambéry, Grenoble, Le Puy en Velay, Limoges, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Pau, Perpignan, Poitiers, Roanne, Saint-Etienne, and Toulouse.

Figure. Number of rabies postexposure prophylaxis treatments caused by bat-related exposures as reported by 18 antirabies medical centers in southern France, by time of first visit, 2002–2009. Centers responding were Annecy, Annonay, Aurillac, Bastia, Bordeaux, Chambéry, Grenoble, Le Puy en Velay, Limoges, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Pau, Perpignan, Poitiers, Roanne, Saint-Etienne, and Toulouse.

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