Table 3.
Rabies Vaccine Status among Global TravEpiNet (GTEN) Travelers Without Previous Rabies Vaccination Who Were Visiting One Strong-Recommendation Country, by Duration of Trip (n=1675), (n, [column %])
| Trip duration | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccine status | 1 to ≤3 months | 3–6 months | 6–12 months | >1 year | Total |
| Administered at consultation | 74 (6) | 22 (13) | 37 (26) | 12 (18) | 145 (9) |
| Not indicated | 690 (53) | 74 (44) | 39 (28) | 29 (43) | 832 (50) |
| Referred to primary care provider | 6 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 9 (1) |
| Medical contraindication | 11 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 (1) |
| Patient declined | 386 (30) | 46 (27) | 48 (34) | 18 (27) | 498 (30) |
| Insufficient time to complete vaccine series prior to departure | 93 (7) | 21 (12) | 11 (8) | 5 (7) | 130 (8) |
| Vaccine not available | 34 (3) | 4 (2) | 4 (3) | 3 (4) | 45 (3) |
| Not querieda | 4 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 5 (0) |
| Total | 1298 | 169 | 140 | 68 | 1675 |
a
The 28-day vaccination status prompt was not in effect due to malfunction of the prompt to provide reason for nonvaccination (n=5); 6395 travelers had trip durations of 1–27 days.