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Immunovirological Correlates in Human Rabies Treated With Therapeutic Coma

  • M. Hunter
  • , N. Johnson
  • , S. Hedderwick
  • , Conall McCaughey
  • , K. Lowry
  • , J. McConville
  • , B. Herron
  • , S. McQuaid
  • , D. Marston
  • , T. Goddard
  • , G. Harkess
  • , H. Goharriz
  • , K. Voller
  • , T. Solomon
  • , R.E. Willoughby
  • , A.R. Fooks

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1255-1265
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Medical Virology
Volume82
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2010

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Virology
  • Infectious Diseases

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