A Case of Human Rabies Confirmed by Polymerase Chain Reaction

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 20(4); 2002 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2002;20(4): 437-438.

중합효소연쇄반응법으로 확진된 광견병 환자 1예

이상현 , 고임석 권희경 강정우 조필자

국립의료원 신경과학교실

A Case of Human Rabies Confirmed by Polymerase Chain Reaction

Sang Hyeon Lee

Department of Neurology, National Medical Center

Abstract

"The human rabies is a fatal infectious disease invading the central nervous system. There are many cases of clinically suspicious human rabies encephalitis in Korea since 1906. A 53-year old man was admitted to the Department of Neurology because of rapidly progressive dysphagia. His sputum was examined and the rabies virus was found by the polymerase chain reaction technique. So we report a case of human rabies encephalitis confirmed by detection of the rabies virus from his saliva. Key Words : Rabies, Polymerase chain reaction"

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