Lesson of the week: Paralytic rabies after a two week holiday in India

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7515, 2005, Pages 501-503

  Solomon, Tom ^a   Marston, Denise ^b   Mallewa, Macpherson ^a   Felton, Tim ^d   Shaw, Steve ^c   McElhinney, Lorraine M ^b   Das, Kumar ^c   Mansfield, Karen ^b   Wainwright, Jane ^d   Kwong, Georges Ng Man ^d   Fooks, Anthony R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^d FAIRFIELD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROPHOBIA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DOG BITE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBIA; HYPERSALIVATION; INDIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAVEL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; DOG; FATALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; DOGS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; RABIES; TRAVEL;

EID: 24344437795     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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