Immunovirological correlates in human rabies treated with therapeutic coma

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1255-1265

  Hunter, M ^a   Johnson, N ^b   Hedderwick, S ^a   McCaughey, C ^a   Lowry, K ^a   McConville, J ^a   Herron, B ^a   McQuaid, S ^a   Marston, D ^b   Goddard, T ^b   Harkess, G ^b   Goharriz, H ^b   Voller, K ^b   Solomon, T ^c   Willoughby, R E ^d   Fooks, A R ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Human case; Milwaukee protocol; Rabies; Therapeutic coma; Virus

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ASCORBIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; NIMODIPINE; NORADRENALIN; RIBAVIRIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; THYROXINE; UBIQUINONE; VASOPRESSIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEURITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; VASOSPASM; VIRUS ISOLATION; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; FATALITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SALIVA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RNA, VIRAL; SALIVA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77954396189     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21785     Document Type: Article

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