Fatal Human Rabies Caused by European Bat Lyssavirus Type 2a Infection in Scotland
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- 15 August 2003
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 37 (4) , 598-601
- https://doi.org/10.1086/376641
Abstract
We wish to report the first recorded case of indigenous human rabies caused by a bat bite in the United Kingdom in 100 years. This instructive case report highlKeywords
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