Rabies Encephalitis in Malaria-Endemic Area, Malawi, Africa

In a malaria-endemic area of Africa, rabies was an important cause of fatal central nervous system infection, responsible for 14 (10.5%) of 133 cases. Four patients had unusual clinical manifestations, and rabies was only diagnosed postmortem. Three (11.5%) of 26 fatal cases were originally attribut...

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Autores principales: Mallewa, Macpherson, Fooks, Anthony R., Banda, Daniel, Chikungwa, Patrick, Mankhambo, Limangeni, Molyneux, Elizabeth, Molyneux, Malcolm E., Solomon, Tom
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17370529
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1301.060810
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author Mallewa, Macpherson
Fooks, Anthony R.
Banda, Daniel
Chikungwa, Patrick
Mankhambo, Limangeni
Molyneux, Elizabeth
Molyneux, Malcolm E.
Solomon, Tom
author_facet Mallewa, Macpherson
Fooks, Anthony R.
Banda, Daniel
Chikungwa, Patrick
Mankhambo, Limangeni
Molyneux, Elizabeth
Molyneux, Malcolm E.
Solomon, Tom
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description In a malaria-endemic area of Africa, rabies was an important cause of fatal central nervous system infection, responsible for 14 (10.5%) of 133 cases. Four patients had unusual clinical manifestations, and rabies was only diagnosed postmortem. Three (11.5%) of 26 fatal cases were originally attributed to cerebral malaria.
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spelling pubmed-27258062009-09-10 Rabies Encephalitis in Malaria-Endemic Area, Malawi, Africa Mallewa, Macpherson Fooks, Anthony R. Banda, Daniel Chikungwa, Patrick Mankhambo, Limangeni Molyneux, Elizabeth Molyneux, Malcolm E. Solomon, Tom Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch In a malaria-endemic area of Africa, rabies was an important cause of fatal central nervous system infection, responsible for 14 (10.5%) of 133 cases. Four patients had unusual clinical manifestations, and rabies was only diagnosed postmortem. Three (11.5%) of 26 fatal cases were originally attributed to cerebral malaria. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2725806/ /pubmed/17370529 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1301.060810 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Mallewa, Macpherson
Fooks, Anthony R.
Banda, Daniel
Chikungwa, Patrick
Mankhambo, Limangeni
Molyneux, Elizabeth
Molyneux, Malcolm E.
Solomon, Tom
Rabies Encephalitis in Malaria-Endemic Area, Malawi, Africa
title Rabies Encephalitis in Malaria-Endemic Area, Malawi, Africa
title_full Rabies Encephalitis in Malaria-Endemic Area, Malawi, Africa
title_fullStr Rabies Encephalitis in Malaria-Endemic Area, Malawi, Africa
title_full_unstemmed Rabies Encephalitis in Malaria-Endemic Area, Malawi, Africa
title_short Rabies Encephalitis in Malaria-Endemic Area, Malawi, Africa
title_sort rabies encephalitis in malaria-endemic area, malawi, africa
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17370529
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1301.060810
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