Fatal case of imported human rabies in Amadora, Portugal, August 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Santos, A ^a   Cale E ^b   Dacheux, L ^c   Bourhy, H ^c   Gouveia, J ^d   Vasconcelos, P ^b  

^a Primary Health Care of Amadora   (Portugal)

^b Institut Pasteur ^*

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d HOSPITAL PULIDO VALENTE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; NIMODIPINE; RABIES VACCINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; AGITATION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PORTUGAL; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDATION;

EID: 84859097552     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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