Open AccessP aralytic R abies: its P athology and N ature of the V irus *
Author(s) -
Kuwata Tsuguo,
Kuniyoshi Tomoshige,
Ito Hiromitsu
Publication year - 1952
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1952.tb02902.x
Subject(s) - rabies , autopsy , paralysis , pathological , poliomyelitis , pathology , medicine , rabies virus , virology , surgery
Summary A patient died from symptoms of flaccid paralysis of extremities without showing any classical symptoms of rabies. The autopsy was perfomed, and the distribution of lesions and pathological changes in the central nervous system was similar to poliomyelitis. However, by isolating a virus and its identification, the patient was diagnosed as paralytic rabies.