Imported human rabies, the Philippines and Finland, 2007

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1318-1319

  Rimhanen Finne, Ruska ^a   Järvinen, Asko ^b   Kuusi, Markku ^a   Quiambao, Beatriz P ^c   Malbas Jr , Fidelino F ^c   Huovilainen, Anita ^d   Kallio Kokko, Hannimari ^b,e   Vapalahti, Olli ^b,e   Ruutu, Petri ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^d NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; PROTEIN; RABIES VACCINE; RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; DEATH; DISORIENTATION; DOG; DOG BITE; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEVER; FINLAND; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS STRAIN;

DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FATAL OUTCOME; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRAVEL;

EID: 77956022617     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1608.091380     Document Type: Letter

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