Early Rabies Vaccine Immunization in Primary School Children

Inclusion criteria: Male and female 5-8 years old school children will be included in the study if: * Their parents or legal guardians have given the written informed consent prior to study entry; * They are in good health at time of study entry as determined by medical history, physical examination and clinical judgment of the investigator; * They are available for all the visits scheduled in the study. Exclusion criteria: Subjects are not to be enrolled into the study if: * They have a history of rabies immunization; * They have an acute infectious disease at the time of study entry; * They are under treatment with parenteral and/or oral steroids, immunosuppressive drugs, phenytoin or other specific anti-inflammatory drugs, or have taken chloroquine during the two month period before enrolment; * They have a known immunodeficiency or an autoimmune disease; * They have a known hypersensitivity to neomycin, tetracycline or amphotericin-B; * They have planned surgery during the first study period (49 days); * They are participating in any other trial of an investigational agent; * They have any condition which in the opinion of the investigator, might interfere with the evaluation of the study objectives. * The family plans to leave the area of the study site before the end of the study period.