ACIP recommended use of a reduced (4-dose) vaccine schedule for PEP to prevent human rabies
On Mar. 19, 2010, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) recommended use of a reduced (4-dose) vaccine schedule…
Rabies vaccine (RabAvert by Chiron Behring) was licensed
On Oct. 20, 1997, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed Purified Chick Embryo Cell (PCEC, RabAvert®) vaccine…
Rabies human diploid-cell vaccine (Imovax Rabies by Merieux and Wyvac by Wyeth) were licensed
On Jun. 9, 1980, the rabies human diploid-cell vaccine (Imovax Rabies by Merieux, now Sanofi, and Wyvac by…
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The CDC opened an expanded maximum containment lab (hot lab) for highly dangerous viruses
In 1978, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) completed construction of a new hot lab…
The CDC first reported rabies in a bat
In 1953, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the first transmission of rabies by…
Karl Habel produced an improved, killed rabies vaccine that eliminated foreign brain tissue caused paralysis
On Sept. 6, 1940, Karl Habel produced an improved, killed rabies vaccine that eliminated foreign brain tissue that…
The Pasteur Institute was established as a rabies treatment center
On Nov. 14, 1888, the Pasteur Institute was established as a rabies treatment center as well as an…