Rabies.
SA Plotkin - Clinical infectious diseases, 2000 - search.ebscohost.com
Discusses the pathogenesis of and mechanism of protection against rabies. Clinical
description of the disease and its virology; Immune responses to the virus; Diagnosis of the
disease; Epidemiology of rabies; History of vaccine development for rabies; Pre-exposure,
post-exposure and intradermal rabies vaccinations; Sources of infection; Reactions and
contraindications to vaccination.
description of the disease and its virology; Immune responses to the virus; Diagnosis of the
disease; Epidemiology of rabies; History of vaccine development for rabies; Pre-exposure,
post-exposure and intradermal rabies vaccinations; Sources of infection; Reactions and
contraindications to vaccination.
An epidemic of inhalation anthrax, the first in the twentieth century: I. Clinical features
SA Plotkin, PS Brachman, M Utell, FH Bumford… - The American Journal of …, 1960 - Elsevier
Five cases of inhalation anthrax and four cases of cutaneous anthrax are presented. Three
inhalation and two cutaneous cases were proved by culture or microscopic demonstration of
the anthrax bacillus, and the others were clinically consistent with the diagnosis. These
cases constituted an epidemic, for they all occurred within a ten-week period at a goat hair
processing mill. The illnesses of the patients with inhalation anthrax began insidiously with
mild fever, fatigue and malaise lasting several days. This mild initial phase was terminated …
inhalation and two cutaneous cases were proved by culture or microscopic demonstration of
the anthrax bacillus, and the others were clinically consistent with the diagnosis. These
cases constituted an epidemic, for they all occurred within a ten-week period at a goat hair
processing mill. The illnesses of the patients with inhalation anthrax began insidiously with
mild fever, fatigue and malaise lasting several days. This mild initial phase was terminated …
