A Street dog bites my sister aged 11.the dog died on the third day biting my sister.on post morterm the dog was found to have rabies.but my sister had taken rabipur vaccine immeadiately after 1 hour.on the fifth day she was given human immunoglobin vaccine named KAMRAB.is these vaccines enough or any extra treatment should be given to her?please advice
Hello, Welcome to Chat Doctor, As your sister was bitten by confirmed rabid dog for which she was given a shot of antirabies vaccine and the passive immunization after a span of 5 days following the death of the dog. The ARAB (Human rabies immunoglobulin) helps to destroy the rabies virus at the bite site. She needs to take the vaccine as per the schedule on days 0,3,7,14 and 28. The ARAB which is given only once to provide the passive immunity, but the active immunization with antirabies vaccine should be continued. So I suggest you to complete the antirabies vaccine as per the schedule and don't take any risk with this disease which is 100% fatal, but it is 100% preventable. Thank you.