Table 1. Demographic, vaccination status, place of exposure, and travel characteristics of 135 persons injured by nonhuman primates requiring rabies postexposure prophylaxis, Marseilles, France, 2001–2014.
| Characteristics | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Female sex | 70 (51.9) |
| Age group, years | |
| 0–15 | 28 (20.7) |
| 16–39 | 71 (52.6) |
| 40–59 | 27 (20.0) |
| 60 and over | 9 (6.7) |
| Preexposure vaccination against rabies | 2 (1.5) |
| Place of exposure | |
| France | 15 (11.1) |
| Thailand | 48 (35.7) |
| Indonesia | 25 (18.5) |
| Other countries in Asia* | 14 (10.4) |
| North Africa† | 13 (9.6) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa‡ | 11 (8.1) |
| Central and South America and Caribbean§ | 6 (4.4) |
| Spain/Rock of Gibraltar | 3 (2.2) |
| Reason for travel, n = 120 | |
| Tourism | 99 (82.5) |
| Other¶ | 6 (5.0) |
| Not documented | 15 (12.5) |
| Days of travel duration, n = 119# | |
| 0–7 | 6 (5.0) |
| 8–14 | 21(17.6) |
| 15–21 | 43 (36.2) |
| 21–28 | 19 (16.0) |
| >29 | 14 (11.8) |
| Not documented | 16 (13.4) |
| Days between first date of travel and exposure, n = 119# | |
| 0–7 | 41 (34.5) |
| 8–14 | 33 (27.6) |
| 15–21 | 17 (14.3) |
| >22 d | 4 (3.4) |
| Not documented | 24 (20.2) |
*Vietnam (5), India (4) Cambodia (3), Myanmar (1), Sri-Lanka (1). †Morocco (10), Algeria (3). ‡Madagascar (4), Kenya (4), Botswana (1), Cameroon (1), Central African Republic (1). §Brazil (2), Anguilla (1), Dominican Republic (1), Mexico (1), Peru (1). ¶Persons, or their descendants, who have immigrated to Marseille from another country who were exposed while visiting friends and relatives in their country of origin (3), expatriate (1), humanitarian worker (1), and student (1). #Expatriate traveler was excluded.