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. 2011 Dec;17(12):2187–2193. doi: 10.3201/eid1712.110300

Table 3. Patients possibly exposed to rabies while visiting North Africa, 1996–2009*.

Country of exposure No. exposed patients
visiting ARMC No. patients receiving
rabies PEP Proportion of all foreign
exposures occurring in country, %
Algeria 649 603 7.6
Egypt 117 103 1.3
Libya 10 9 0.1
Morocco 1,036 992 12.5
Sudan 8 8 0.1
Tunisia 687 659 8.3
Total 2,507 2,374 29.9

*Original data from the French National Reference Centre on rabies. ARMC, antirabies medical center; PEP, postexposure prophylaxis.