Unavailability of Dedicated Dosage Vials of Anti-rabies Vaccine and Immunoglobulin for Intradermal Route Despite its Proven Advantage over Intramuscular Route

Saurabh  Pandey; Omesh Bharti; Dandu Himanshu Reddy

Saurabh Pandey Consultant Infectious Diseases & Medicine Specialist, Fatima Hospital, Gorakhpur, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5600-6346
Omesh Bharti Faculty, State Institute of Health & Family Welfare, IG Medical College, Shimla (HP), India.
Dandu Himanshu Reddy Professor, Department of Medicine & Infectious Diseases Hospital, King Georges’ Medical University, Lucknow, UP, India.

Abstract

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How to cite this article:
Pandey S, Bharti O, Reddy DH. Unavailability of
Dedicated Dosage Vials of Anti-rabies Vaccine and
Immunoglobulin for Intradermal Route Despite
its Proven Advantage over Intramuscular Route.
APCRI J. 2023; 25(2): 11-12.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/0973.5038.202309

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