Abstract
A 37-year-old woman was admitted to hospital and over the next 5 days developed a progressive encephalitis. Nuchal skin biopsy, analyzed using a Rabies TaqMan(C) PCR, demonstrated rabies virus RNA. She had a history in keeping with exposure to rabies whilst in South Africa, but had not received pre- or post-exposure prophylaxis. She was treated with a therapeutic coma according to the
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1255-1265 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Medical Virology |
Volume | 82 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2010 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Virology
- Infectious Diseases