Evaluating Surveillance for and Estimating Administration of Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis in the United States, 2012-2018.
Erin R WhitehouseMarissa K PersonCatherine M BrownSally SlavinskiAgam K RaoJesse D BlantonPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2021)
Our findings suggest that making PEP a nationally reportable condition may not be feasible. Other methods of tracking administration of PEP such as syndromic surveillance or identification of sentinel states should be considered to obtain an accurate assessment.