Furious rabies after an atypical exposure

PLoS Med. 2009 Mar 17;6(3):e44. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000044.

Abstract

Heiman Wertheim and colleagues describe the diagnosis and management of two patients who developed rabies after butchering and consuming a dog or a cat.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Bites and Stings
  • Brain Diseases / diagnosis
  • Cats / virology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dogs / virology*
  • False Negative Reactions
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Food Contamination*
  • Food Handling*
  • Humans
  • Inhalation
  • Male
  • Meat / adverse effects*
  • Meat / virology
  • Middle Aged
  • Rabies / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Rabies / diagnosis
  • Rabies / transmission*
  • Rabies virus / isolation & purification
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Saliva / virology*
  • Spasm / etiology