Human Rabies: a 2016 Update

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Jackson, Alan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Hydrophobia; Paralytic rabies; Rabies; Rabies virus; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PHENOBARBITAL; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BAT; BITE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOG; DRUG RESEARCH; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOUND CARE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 84991058601     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: 15343146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-016-0540-y     Document Type: Review

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