COVID-19-related travel restrictions temporarily reduced the demand for rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in France

Authors :: C. Lucet
Lucie Kuhmel
Kaoutar Jidar
M. Gominet
P. Poujol
Hervé Bourhy
Cécile Ficko
Pierre Louis Conan
Perrine Parize
Lyssavirus, épidémiologie et neuropathologie - Lyssavirus Epidemiology and Neuropathology
Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)
Centre National de Référence de la Rage - National Reference Center Rabies (CNR)
Centre Médical de l'Institut Pasteur (CMIP)
École du Val de Grâce (EVDG)
Service de Santé des Armées
Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Begin
Centre collaborateur de l'OMS - Rage / World Health Organization Collaboration Centres - Rabies (CC-OMS / WHO-CC)
Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Organisation Mondiale de la Santé / World Health Organization Office (OMS / WHO)
Source :: Journal of Travel Medicine, Journal of Travel Medicine, 2021, 28 (7), pp.taab127. ⟨10.1093/jtm/taab127⟩
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: Oxford University Press, 2021.
Abstract: International audience; Due to travel restrictions, a dramatic decrease of rabies post-exposure demand was observed in 2020 in the Ile-de-France region. The recovery of international travels may lead to a rebound in rabies exposures. This risk need to be anticipated and prevention messages delivered to people travelling to rabies-enzootic countries.

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