Human rabies in India: An audit from a rabies diagnostic laboratory

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 556-563

  Mani, Reeta Subramaniam ^a   Anand, Ashwini Manoor ^a   Madhusudana, Shampur Narayan ^a  

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

Author keywords

Laboratory diagnosis of human rabies; Rabies; Rabies burden; Rabies diagnosis

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE; VIRUS RNA;

BIOASSAY; BRAIN; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; LABORATORY METHOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRAL DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG BITE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; SALIVA; SERUM; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; VACCINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TITRATION; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; DOG; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; LABORATORY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; INDIA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DOGS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INDIA; LABORATORIES; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RABIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975763994     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12669     Document Type: Article

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