Antemortem diagnosis of human rabies in a veterinarian infected when handling a herbivore in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Antemortem diagnosis of human rabies in a veterinarian infected when handling a herbivore in Minas Gerais, Brazil

The Ministry of Health's National Human Rabies Control Program advocates pre-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for professionals involved with animals that are at risk of contracting rabies. We report an antemortem and postmortem diagnosis of rabies in a veterinarian who became infected when handling...

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Main Authors: Mariana Gontijo de Brito, Talita Leal Chamone, Fernando José da Silva, Marcelo Yohito Wada, Alexandre Braga de Miranda, Juliana Galera Castilho, Maria Luiza Carrieri, Ivanete Kotait, Francisco Leopoldo Lemos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2011-02-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Human rabies
Non-bite rabies exposure
Antemortem and postmortem diagnosis
Molecular biology
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