Rabies Acquired through Mucosal Exposure, China, 2013

In China in 2013, a man acquired rabies after sucking wounds of his son, who had been bitten by a stray dog. The man declined postexposure prophylaxis (hyperimmunoglobulin and vaccine) and died; the son accepted prophylaxis and survived. Physicians should be aware of rabies transmission through muco...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Hong, Zhang, Jian, Cheng, Cong, Zhou, Yi-Hua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31002064
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.181413
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description In China in 2013, a man acquired rabies after sucking wounds of his son, who had been bitten by a stray dog. The man declined postexposure prophylaxis (hyperimmunoglobulin and vaccine) and died; the son accepted prophylaxis and survived. Physicians should be aware of rabies transmission through mucosal exposure and encourage postexposure prophylaxis.
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spelling pubmed-64782122019-05-08 Rabies Acquired through Mucosal Exposure, China, 2013 Zhao, Hong Zhang, Jian Cheng, Cong Zhou, Yi-Hua Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter In China in 2013, a man acquired rabies after sucking wounds of his son, who had been bitten by a stray dog. The man declined postexposure prophylaxis (hyperimmunoglobulin and vaccine) and died; the son accepted prophylaxis and survived. Physicians should be aware of rabies transmission through mucosal exposure and encourage postexposure prophylaxis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6478212/ /pubmed/31002064 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.181413 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.
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Zhao, Hong
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Rabies Acquired through Mucosal Exposure, China, 2013
title Rabies Acquired through Mucosal Exposure, China, 2013
title_full Rabies Acquired through Mucosal Exposure, China, 2013
title_fullStr Rabies Acquired through Mucosal Exposure, China, 2013
title_full_unstemmed Rabies Acquired through Mucosal Exposure, China, 2013
title_short Rabies Acquired through Mucosal Exposure, China, 2013
title_sort rabies acquired through mucosal exposure, china, 2013
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31002064
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.181413
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