An acute, progressive encephalopathy.
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چکیده
Rabies holds the distinction of having the highest case-fatality ratio of any infectious disease. Aggressive public health campaigns have reduced the incidence of this disease in the United States to a record low. We report a case of this increasingly rare disease in a 70-year-old man in Wisconsin.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin
دوره 111 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012