With a significant increase in rabies exposures this year, Rodney Rohde, PhD, talks about seeking medical attention after animal interactions as well as clinical treatment when people have been bit or scratched.
|Videos|March 15, 2016
How Should Healthcare Providers Counsel Pregnant Patients on the Zika Virus?
Author(s)Contagion Editorial Staff
Jason C. Gallagher, PharmD shares advice that should be provided to patients who are pregnant that come into the practice with questions about the Zika virus.
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Jason C. Gallagher, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, Clinical Professor at the Temple University School of Pharmacy and a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Infectious Diseases at Temple University Hospital, shares advice that should be provided to patients who are pregnant that come into the practice with questions about the Zika virus.
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