Rabies

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Test:

Skin or brain biopsy (rabies antigen +), salivary vi­rology (+), CSF antibodies (H after 8 days)

Sign:

Hydrophobia, fever, opisthotonos, convulsions, neck stiffness, spasticitytachycardia, flaccid pia­ralysi.s, fasciculation

Dd:

Tetanus, meningitis, cerebral, space occupying le­sion, hysterie, cerebral malaria, encephalomyelitis; polio, herpes encephalitis

Phys:

Post-exposure vaccination essential. Viral dis­ease. Mortality 99%