Clinical and epidemiological features of human rabies cases in the Philippines: A review from 1987 to 2006

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Dimaano, Efren M ^a   Scholand, Stephen J ^b   Alera, Maria Theresa P ^a   Belandres, Domingo B ^a  

^a San Lazaro Hospital   (Philippines)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical medicine; Encephalitis; Infectious disease incubation period; Neurological manifestations; Rabies; Rabies virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROPHOBIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CAT BITE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOG BITE; FACE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEAD; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBIA; HYPERSALIVATION; INCUBATION TIME; INDIGENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHILIPPINES; PHOBIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRURITUS; RABIES; RESTLESSNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; MALE; PHILIPPINES; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 79959231787     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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