Mean prices of cell-cultured rabies vaccine (1 dose) for pre-exposure prophylaxis in selected countries.

1<p>Obtained from the World Development Indicators database, World Bank, accessed 1 February 2012.</p>2<p>Prices in India and Sri-Lanka are those in private international clinics. Rabies vaccine can be obtained also from government designed anti-rabies centers in India, but almost exclusively for post-exposure prophylaxis at an average price of 8 USD per intramuscular dose. Rabies vaccine in public sector in Sri-Lanka is free and used only for post-exposure prophylaxis.</p>3<p>Price in Spain is that in private clinic. The vaccine can be obtained for free in national centers.</p>4<p>Price in the People's Republic of China is an average of prices in public and private sectors (47 USD in government designed anti- rabies centers, usually for post-exposure prophylaxis, (cost index = 62) and 93 USD in private international clinics (cost index = 123). Price in the special administrative region of Hong-Kong (77 USD, cost index = 17) was not considered is the present study.