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So, here we are given that if a person is exposed to rabies, a dog has bitten him and he is exposed to rabies, he is injected with two things, the person is injected with two things.
00:14
First, he is given the rabies vaccine, rabies vaccine is given to him and secondly, he is also injected with the human rabies immunoglobulin.
00:27
This is hrig, human rabies immunoglobulin, immunoglobulin.
00:41
So this is basically an antibody, this hrig, it is injected near the bite site where the dog has bitten, it is injected near the bite site.
00:55
So, what happens is, the vaccine, we know that vaccine basically contains the antigens, the inactivated antigens and when these inactivated antigens are injected into the body, they stimulate the immune system of the patient, they stimulate the immune system to generate its own antibodies.
01:23
So to produce own antibodies.
01:28
So the immune system would produce its own antibodies but this process is a little bit time consuming.
01:35
It is a time taking process but the immunity provided is long lasting.
01:41
So the immunity is long lasting, long lasting immunity but it is a time taking process, it does not provide immediate relief.
01:51
That is why the hrig immunoglobulin is given...