Intra-vitam or ante-mortem rabies diagnosis is the method of choice to confirm a suspect human rabies case while the patient is still alive. The use of intra-vitam techniques for the diagnosis of rabies in animals is strongly discouraged and in many countries is prohibited.
To obtain more information on what test should be applied, what to consider in terms of sensitivity and why it is valuable to diagnose rabies in a patient suspected of having the disease, read here.
Home > SURVEILLANCE BLUEPRINT > Laboratory rabies diagnosis > 4.5 Intra vitam rabies diagnosis in humans
4.5 Intra vitam rabies diagnosis in humans
PARTNER LINKS
Browsing
Sections
-
SURVEILLANCE BLUEPRINT
-
Introduction
-
Rabies Surveillance
-
Minimum requirements for adequate rabies surveillance
-
Laboratory rabies diagnosis
- 4.1 Centralized and decentralized diagnostic approaches
- 4.2 WHO Collaborating Centres for Rabies and OIE Reference Laboratories for Rabies
- 4.3. Laboratory tests for rabies diagnosis
- 4.4 Post mortem rabies diagnosis
- 4.5 Intra vitam rabies diagnosis in humans
- 4.6 Characterizing the virus
- 4.7 Baseline data and information required for effective rabies surveillance
-
Epidemiological analyses
-
Reporting, dissemination and communication
-
Introduction
- LINKS
- CONTRIBUTORS
4.5