Fatal case of human rabies imported to Italy from India highlights the importance of adequate post-exposure prophylaxis, October 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1-5

  de Benedictis, P ^a   Perboni, G ^b   Gentili, C ^b   Gaetti, L ^b   Zaffanella, F ^c   Mutinelli, F ^a   Capua, I ^a   Cattoli, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^b CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Azienda Sanitaria Locale (ASL) di Mantova   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTEIN; RABIES VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIPLOPIA; FEVER; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HEADACHE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPORT DISEASE; ITALY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALAISE; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MYALGIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARESTHESIA; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PTOSIS; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84862732964     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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