Emerging technologies for the detection of rabies virus: challenges and hopes in the 21st century.

• Main Authors: Anthony R Fooks (Author), Nicholas Johnson (Author), Conrad M Freuling (Author), Philip R Wakeley (Author), Ashley C Banyard (Author), Lorraine M McElhinney (Author), Denise A Marston (Author), Akbar Dastjerdi (Author), Edward Wright (Author), Robin A Weiss (Author), Thomas Müller (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The diagnosis of rabies is routinely based on clinical and epidemiological information, especially when exposures are reported in rabies-endemic countries. Diagnostic tests using conventional assays that appear to be negative, even when undertaken late in the disease and despite the clinical diagnos...