Article
Zoonotic Infection with Rabies Virus Leading to Fatal Encephalitis in Pediatric Patient – Case Report
2022-11-16
Abstract excerpt
Rabies is a life-threatening and vaccine-preventable infectious disease and is triggered by an RNA virus, part of the Rhabdoviridae family, Lyssavirus genus. It is transmitted from infected saliva due to biting, but also from contact with infected blood or organs from rabid animals to humans. Children are at high risk due to their inability to defend themselves from infected animals and most deaths occur with a pa...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e487877f-3edd-57c1-b6c9-5feccdecd1e2
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202211.0294.v1
