Evaluation of potential rabies exposure among Japanese international travelers: A retrospective descriptive study

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 8; p. e0287838
• Main Authors: Nomoto, Hidetoshi, Yamamoto, Kei, Kutsuna, Satoshi, Asai, Yusuke, Kasamatsu, Yu, Shirano, Michinori, Sahara, Toshinori, Nakamura, Fukumi, Katsuragi, Yukiko, Yamato, Masaya, Shinohara, Koh, Sakamoto, Naoya, Hase, Ryota, Ogawa, Taku, Nagasaka, Atsushi, Miyata, Nobuyuki, Ohmagari, Norio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 18.08.2023
• Subjects: Age groups; Animals; Antiretroviral drugs; Bats; Biology and Life Sciences; Demographics; Disease prevention; Disease transmission; Drug dosages; Exposure; Health aspects; Health risks; Health surveillance; Hospitals; Immunization; Infectious diseases; Lyssavirus; Medicine and Health Sciences; Patients; People and Places; Prophylaxis; Rabies; Risk factors; Statistics; Survival analysis; Travel; Travelers; Viruses; Japan; Asia; Philippines

Background Although Japan has been a rabies-free country for >50 years, a few cases have been reported among people traveling abroad. This study aimed to investigate animal exposure among Japanese travelers using the Japanese Registry for Infectious Diseases from Abroad (J-RIDA). Method In this r...