Update on rabies diagnosis and treatment

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 296-301

  Jackson, Alan C ^a  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMANTADINE; DIPLOID CELL VACCINE; INTERFERON; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PEROXIDE; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; BITE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SYMPTOM; WOUND CARE;

EID: 67649130375     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-009-0044-0     Document Type: Review

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