A Reliable Diagnosis of Human Rabies Based on Analysis of Skin Biopsy Specimens
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- 1 December 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 47 (11) , 1410-1417
- https://doi.org/10.1086/592969
Abstract
Background. The number of human deaths due to rabies is currently underestimated to be 55,000 deaths per year. Biological diagnostic methods for confKeywords
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