ATAGI recommendations

Coversheet on evidence assessment: purified Vero cell rabies vaccine (PVRV; Verorab) rabies vaccine and updates to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) rabies vaccination

PVRV (Verorab) vaccination in people indicated to receive rabies PrEP vaccination

Use of 2 doses of currently approved rabies vaccines for rabies PrEP vaccination in people indicated to receive rabies PrEP vaccination

 

GRADE assessment

2 doses of PVRV (Verorab)

Compared to 3 doses of human diploid cell vaccine (HDCV) or purified chick embryo cell vaccine (PCECV) in people who are indicated to receive PrEP vaccination

 

3 doses of PVRV (Verorab)

Compared to 3 doses of HDCV or PCECV in people who are indicated to receive rabies PrEP vaccination

 

2 doses of HDCV or PCECV

Compared to 3 doses of HDCV or PCECV in people indicated to receive rabies PrEP vaccination

 

Note: These GRADE documents should be read as a supplement to Australian Immunisation Handbook recommendations.

View the rabies and other lyssaviruses chapter in the Australian Immunisation Handbook

Last updated February 2024