Counterfeit Abhayrab® rabies vaccine has been circulating in India since 1 November 2023. While this product is not available in Australia, it may impact people who have had partial or full post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) while in India.
People are impacted if they:
Since it is difficult to tell whether the genuine or the fake Abhayrab® product was used, as a precaution anyone who was administered Abhayrab® in India should be considered to have had the counterfeit vaccine.
People who completed their full rabies vaccine course in a country other than India, including Australia, are not affected by this alert.
Recommendations:
For people who have returned to Australia and who received one or more rabies vaccine in India since 1 November 2023:
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