Rabies viral encephalitis with proable 25 year incubation period!

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 221-223

  Shankar, S K ^a   Mahadevan, Anita ^a   Sapico, Silvano Dias ^a   Ghodkirekar, M S G ^b   Pinto, R G W ^b   Madhusudana, S N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b GOA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Long incubation period; Negri bodies; rabies; viral antigen

Indexed keywords

VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DOG BITE; FLUID INTAKE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEMATEMESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NEGLIGENCE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PSEUDORABIES; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; STRESS ULCER; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 84865786805     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.99728     Document Type: Article

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