Rabid fox bites and human rabies in a village community in Southern India: Epidemiological and laboratory investigations, management and follow-up

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 324-329

  Madhusudana, S N ^a   Mani, Reeta ^a   Ashwin, Y B ^a   Desai, Anita ^a  

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

Author keywords

Fox rabies; Postexposure prophylaxis.; Rabies

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPROTEIN; RABIES VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; DOG BITE; EMBRYO CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOLLOW UP; GENE SEQUENCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABID FOX BITE; RABIES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS ISOLATION; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; FATALITY; FOX; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RABIES VIRUS; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; RABIES VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BITES AND STINGS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; DOGS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOXES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876946642     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1146     Document Type: Article

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