Table 2.

Pre-exposure and post-exposure rabies vaccination regimens recommended by the WHO and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices by regimen

	Number of vaccine doses/number of clinic visits	Administration route	Schedule of injections
Pre-exposure
Routine intramuscular	3/3	Intramuscular	Days 0, 7, and 21 or 28 (one dose each)
Routine intradermal	3/3	Intradermal	Days 0, 7, and 21 or 28 (one dose each)
Post-exposure
Essen	5/5	Intramuscular	Days 0, 3, 7, 14, 28 (one dose each)
Zagreb	4/3	Intramuscular	Days 0 (two doses), 7, 21 (one dose each)
Reduced four dose	4/4	Intramuscular	Days 0, 3, 7, 14 (one dose each)
Modified Thai Red Cross	8/4	Intradermal	Days 0, 3, 7, 28 (two doses each)
Post-exposure for previously vaccinated people
Two-dose intramuscular	2/2	Intramuscular	Days 0, 3 (one dose each)
Four-dose intradermal	4/1	Intradermal	Day 0 (four doses)