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A phase 4 trial in 400 Indian adults compared a 1-week intradermal post-exposure schedule with the month-long one. Antibody levels fell short of the equivalence margin, though everyone reached the protective threshold.
A new model built on rare donor-transmitted infections estimates China detected 29% and the United States 6% of their rabies deaths, implying hundreds go uncounted each year even where the disease seems rare.
WHO validated Bhutan's elimination of dog-transmitted human rabies, a disease almost always fatal once symptoms appear. The country has recorded zero such deaths since June 2023.