Rabies encephalitis: virology
Evidence-based neurology checklist on rabies encephalitis: virology: Virology Rabies is a Lyssavirus: a rhabdovirus zoonosis Transmission is by direct animal bites or saliva contamination of wounds Neuropathology: Negri bodies Neuropathology: other features Transmitting animals
Virology
- Rabies is a Lyssavirus: a rhabdovirus zoonosis
- Transmission is by direct animal bites or saliva contamination of wounds
Neuropathology: Negri bodies
Neuropathology: other features
Transmitting animals
References
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- Gadre G, Satishchandra P, Mahadevan A, et al. Rabies viral encephalitis: clinical determinants in diagnosis with special reference to paralytic form. JNNP 2010; 81:812-820.
