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Rabies encephalitis in malaria-endemic area, Malawi, Africa.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2007
Mallewa Macpherson, Fooks Anthony R, Banda Daniel, Chikungwa Patrick, Mankhambo Limangeni, Molyneux Elizabeth, Molyneux Malcolm E, Solomon Tom
Abstract excerpt
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 originally attributed to cerebral malaria were due to rabies.
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