In Kerala 3 vaccinated children die of rabies
While the development triggered concerns over the effectiveness of the vaccines, a state government medical team said all three children seemed to have been bitten in sensitive areas, and that could be why the virus affected them despite they being vaccinated.
Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Infectious Diseases Department head Dr. Aravind R said if a rabid dog bit a person on areas like the hand or the face, there was a change for the virus to spread to them brain even before the anti-rabies vaccine could neutralise it by developing antibodies.
In the last 5 years, 102 people died of Rabies in Kerala, of whom around 20 died even after taking the vaccine. Last year, 3,16 lakh persons received treatment in government hospitals for stray dog bites.
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