Anti-rabies vaccine

Anti-rabies vaccine is the immunization which prevents infection with the virus that causes rabies. Anti-rabies vaccine is given for Category II (minor scratches without bleeding from contact, or licks on broken skin) and Category III (one or more bites, scratches, licks on broken skin, or other contact that breaks the skin; or exposure to bats) exposures. Antirabies vaccines are of 2 types-Neural and Non-neural vaccines. Though neural tissue vaccines are not directed by WHO to use by its member nations, still these vaccines are used in many developing nations because of their low cost. Non-neural vaccines were developed for reducing the neuroparalytic complications associated with the nervous tissue vaccines.