Aventis Pasteur recalled certain lots of ther rabies vaccine Imovax the 2nd of April.
Aventis Pasteur has found live, rabies-vaccine virus in a production lot, which never left the production plant. However, the vaccine manufatured before and after the lot with live, rabies-vaccine virus has been recalled.
Aventis Pasteur has published guidelines for handling people immunised with the recalled Imovax lots.
See:
Aventis Pasteur Medical Statement.
The recall has further been commented by the
Centers for Disease Control, U.S. and the
Federal and Drug Administration, FDA