Reason (by order of frequency)a | Number | % |
---|---|---|
Costs of the PEP were too expensive | 131 | 43.4 |
Animal was still alive at the time of the follow-up call | 93 | 30.8 |
Patient did not āfeel illā at the time of the planned visit | 66 | 21.8 |
Medical staff of the Pasteur Institute of Dakar told during the previous visit (D7) that it was not necessary to continue the PEP if the animal was still alive at the time of the planned visit | 62 | 20.5 |
Patient or family was not available to come to the Pasteur Institute of Dakar at the date of the planned visit (e.g. hospitalisation of the patientās parent, or out of the region/country) | 56 | 18.5 |
Patient or the patientās family did not understand that the visits of D7 and D21 were mandatory to ensure the efficacy of PEP | 22 | 7.2 |
Patient had an adverse event after the vaccine dose injection | 5 | 1.6 |