A case of human survival of rabies, South Africa

dc.contributor.authorWeyer, Jacqueline
dc.contributor.authorMsimang-Dermaux, Veerle
dc.contributor.authorPaweska, Janusz T.
dc.contributor.authorLe Roux, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorGovender, Premi
dc.contributor.authorCoertse, Jessica
dc.contributor.authorMarkotter, Wanda
dc.contributor.authorNel, Louis Hendrik
dc.contributor.authorBlumberg, Lucille Hellen
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-21T05:47:21Z
dc.date.available2017-02-21T05:47:21Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractHuman 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.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentMicrobiology and Plant Pathologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2017en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ojid20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWeyer, J, Msimang-Dermaux, V, Paweska, JT, Le Roux, K, Govender, P, Coertse, J, Markotter, W, Nel, LH & Blumberg, LH 2016, 'A case of human survival of rabies, South Africa', Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 66-68.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2312-0053 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2313-1810 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/23120053.2016.1128151
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/59121
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherMedpharm Publications, NISC (Pty) Ltd, Taylor & Francis, and Informa businessen_ZA
dc.rights© 2016 The Author(s). Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0].en_ZA
dc.subjectHuman rabiesen_ZA
dc.subjectRabiesen_ZA
dc.subjectRabies survivalen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.subjectHuman survivalen_ZA
dc.titleA case of human survival of rabies, South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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