First human rabies case in French Guiana, 2008: epidemiological investigation and control.
BACKGROUND: Until 2008, human rabies had never been reported in French Guiana. On 28 May 2008, the French National Reference Center for Rabies (Institut Pasteur, Paris) confirmed the rabies diagnosis, based on hemi-nested polymerase chain reaction on skin biopsy and saliva specimens from a Guianan,...
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Main Authors: | Jean-Baptiste Meynard (Author), Claude Flamand (Author), Céline Dupuy (Author), Aba Mahamat (Author), Françoise Eltges (Author), Frederic Queuche (Author), Julien Renner (Author), Jean-Michel Fontanella (Author), Didier Hommel (Author), Philippe Dussart (Author), Claire Grangier (Author), Félix Djossou (Author), Laurent Dacheux (Author), Maryvonne Goudal (Author), Franck Berger (Author), Vanessa Ardillon (Author), Nicolas Krieger (Author), Hervé Bourhy (Author), André Spiegel (Author) |
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