Rabies encephalitis in malaria-endemic area, Malawi, Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 136-139

  Mallewa, Macpherson ^a,b   Fooks, Anthony R ^c   Banda, Daniel ^b   Chikungwa, Patrick ^d   Mankhambo, Limangeni ^b   Molyneux, Elizabeth ^b   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^b   Solomon, Tom ^a,e  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d Central Veterinary Laboratory   (Malawi)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN MALARIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOG BITE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGITIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33846108387     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1301.060810     Document Type: Article

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