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Rabia - Symptom

Síntomas:

El período real entre la infección y cuando uno se enferma (llamado "período de incubación") varía entre 10 días y 7 años. El período de incubación promedio es de 3 a 7 semanas.

Los síntomas pueden abarcar:

Signos y exámenes:

Si lo muerde un animal, trate de reunir toda la información posible sobre dicho animal y llame a las autoridades locales del servicio de control de animales para capturarlo de manera segura. Si hay sospecha de rabia, se vigilará al animal en busca de signos de esta enfermedad.

Se usa una prueba especial, llamada inmunofluorescencia, para examinar los tejidos cerebrales después de la muerte del animal. Esta prueba puede revelar si el animal tenía rabia o no.

La misma prueba se puede emplear para detectar la rabia en humanos, usando un fragmento de piel del cuello. Los médicos también pueden buscar el virus de la rabia en la saliva o en el líquido cefalorraquídeo, aunque estos exámenes no son tan sensibles y posiblemente sea necesario repetirlos.

  • Reviewed last on: 2/10/2011
  • David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital.

Referencias

Rupprecht CE, Briggs D, Brown CM, et al. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Use of a reduced (4-dose) vaccine schedule for postexposure prophylaxis to prevent human rabies: recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2010 Mar 19;59(RR-2):1-9. Erratum in: MMWR Recomm Rep. 2010 Apr 30;59(16):493.

Bassin SL, Rupprecht CE, Bleck TP. Rhabdoviruses. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 163.

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