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Date Published: 15/06/2025
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59873/vjid.v2i50.460
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Vol. 2 No. 50 (2025): Tạp chí Truyền nhiễm Việt Nam
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Scientific research
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Pham Van, M., Nguyen, K. A., Tran Van, B., & Nguyen Trung, C. (2025). PARALYTIC RABIES: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. Vietnam Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2(50), 2-9. https://doi.org/10.59873/vjid.v2i50.460

PARALYTIC RABIES: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Manh Pham Van, Kim Anh Nguyen, Bac Tran Van, Cap Nguyen Trung

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Abstract

Rabies is a dangerous infectious disease with a mortality rate of nearly 100%. This disease has two clinical forms: encephalitic (or furious) form and paralytic (or dumb) form. Although accounting for 20 - 30% of cases, paralytic rabies doesn't have specific characteristics. The acute flaccid paralysis of paralytic rabies
can be misdiagnosed as Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and other cerebrospinal lesions. In this report, we describe a patient with a history of category III exposure due to dog bites, who had been vaccinated but still presented with progressive paralysis to coma and death. PCR tests for rabies virus in saliva, nuchal skin, and cerebrospinal fluid were negative. Rabies was only confirmed by detection of specific anti-rabiesvirus antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid.

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Rabies, paralytic rabies, dumb rabies, acute flaccid paralysis

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