A case of human survival of rabies, South Africa
Human survival from rabies is exceptionally rare. We report a case of human survival (with severe neurological sequelae) in a child from South Africa. The patient was exposed to rabid dogs on two separate occasions and subjected to incomplete post-exposure prophylaxis for rabies.
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| author | Jacqueline Weyer Veerle Msimang-Dermaux Janusz T. Paweska Kevin le Roux Premi Govender Jessica Coertse Wanda Markotter Louis H. Nel Lucille H. Blumberg |
| author_facet | Jacqueline Weyer Veerle Msimang-Dermaux Janusz T. Paweska Kevin le Roux Premi Govender Jessica Coertse Wanda Markotter Louis H. Nel Lucille H. Blumberg |
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| description | Human survival from rabies is exceptionally rare. We report a case of human survival (with severe neurological sequelae) in a child from South Africa. The patient was exposed to rabid dogs on two separate occasions and subjected to incomplete post-exposure prophylaxis for rabies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f2f9af646962466abe2e7bcd79ff9daa2022-12-21T21:11:21ZengAOSISSouthern African Journal of Infectious Diseases2312-00532313-18102016-07-01312666810.4102/sajid.v31i2.9385A case of human survival of rabies, South AfricaJacqueline Weyer0Veerle Msimang-Dermaux1Janusz T. Paweska2Kevin le Roux3Premi Govender4Jessica Coertse5Wanda Markotter6Louis H. Nel7Lucille H. Blumberg8Centre for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases and Division for Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Response, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, SandringhamCentre for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases and Division for Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Response, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, SandringhamCentre for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases and Division for Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Response, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, SandringhamAllerton Provincial Veterinary Laboratory, PietermaritzburgProvincial Department of Health KwaZulu Natal, PietermaritzburgDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, PretoriaDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, PretoriaDepartment of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, PretoriaCentre for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases and Division for Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Response, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, SandringhamHuman survival from rabies is exceptionally rare. We report a case of human survival (with severe neurological sequelae) in a child from South Africa. The patient was exposed to rabid dogs on two separate occasions and subjected to incomplete post-exposure prophylaxis for rabies.https://sajid.co.za/index.php/sajid/article/view/93human rabiesrabiesrabies survivalsouth africa |
| spellingShingle | Jacqueline Weyer Veerle Msimang-Dermaux Janusz T. Paweska Kevin le Roux Premi Govender Jessica Coertse Wanda Markotter Louis H. Nel Lucille H. Blumberg A case of human survival of rabies, South Africa Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases human rabies rabies rabies survival south africa |
| title | A case of human survival of rabies, South Africa |
| title_full | A case of human survival of rabies, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | A case of human survival of rabies, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | A case of human survival of rabies, South Africa |
| title_short | A case of human survival of rabies, South Africa |
| title_sort | case of human survival of rabies south africa |
| topic | human rabies rabies rabies survival south africa |
| url | https://sajid.co.za/index.php/sajid/article/view/93 |
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