[Antigenic properties of concentrated antirabies vaccine in accelerated immunization schedules].

The study of purified rabies vaccine (tissue culture origin), concentrated 100 fold, in animal experiments has shown that the preparation, if introduced intramuscularly in 2 or 3 injections, has high antigenic activity. The intramuscular injections of the vaccine at an interval of 21 days or at intervals of 21 and 30 days after the first injection has proved to be the optimum immunization schedule ensuring a sufficiently high accumulation of virus-neutralizing antibodies by days 30--45. To achieve higher antibody titers, the vaccine may be introduced intradermally after 2 indispensable intramuscular injections of the preparation.