A reliable diagnosis of human rabies based on analysis of skin biopsy specimens

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1410-1417

  Dacheux, Laurent ^a,b   Reynes, Jean Marc ^c,f   Buchy, Philippe ^f   Sivuth, Ong ^f   Diop, Bernard M ^h   Rousset, Dominique ^c   Rathat, Christian ^d   Jolly, Nathalie ^b   Dufourcq, Jean Baptiste ^g   Nareth, Chhor ^g   Diop, Sylvie ^h   Iehlé, Catherine ^c   Rajerison, Randrianasolo ^e   Sadorge, Christine ^b   Bourhy, Hervé ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^d Hôpital de Soavinandriana   (Madagascar)

^e Cenire Hosp Univ Befelatanana   (Madagascar)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR DU CAMBODGE   (Cambodia)

^g Hopital Calmette   (Cambodia)

^h Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dakar   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; ENCEPHALITIS; ENURESIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSALIVATION; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIGIDITY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SWEATING; URINALYSIS; VIRUS GENE; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SENEGAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; URINE;

EID: 55849146674     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592969     Document Type: Article

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