| rabies post-exposure prophylaxis with purified equine rabies immunoglobulin: one-year follow-up of patients with laboratory-confirmed category iii rabies exposure in the philippines. | category iii rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (pep) encompasses wound cleansing, infiltration of rabies immunoglobulins (rig) and rabies vaccination. a manila-based prospective prescription monitoring one-year follow-up study enrolled 193 patients, aged 16 months-79 years. patients received pep, including infiltration of highly purified equine rig (perig, favirab), following exposure to animals confirmed rabid by direct fluorescence antibody test (dfat). no serious adverse events were considered ... | 2009 | 19925947 |