This document discusses diagnosing rabies through several methods: taking a medical history of the animal bite; laboratory tests of urine, spinal fluid, and isolating the rabies virus from samples in the first week; detecting neutralizing antibodies in unvaccinated patients' serum; fluorescent antibody tests on cerebrospinal fluid and urine samples; rapid fluorescent focus tests to detect specific antibodies; and observing Negri bodies through histopathology. Diagnosis is not specific through laboratory tests alone.
This document discusses diagnosing rabies through several methods: taking a medical history of the animal bite; laboratory tests of urine, spinal fluid, and isolating the rabies virus from samples in the first week; detecting neutralizing antibodies in unvaccinated patients' serum; fluorescent antibody tests on cerebrospinal fluid and urine samples; rapid fluorescent focus tests to detect specific antibodies; and observing Negri bodies through histopathology. Diagnosis is not specific through laboratory tests alone.
This document discusses diagnosing rabies through several methods: taking a medical history of the animal bite; laboratory tests of urine, spinal fluid, and isolating the rabies virus from samples in the first week; detecting neutralizing antibodies in unvaccinated patients' serum; fluorescent antibody tests on cerebrospinal fluid and urine samples; rapid fluorescent focus tests to detect specific antibodies; and observing Negri bodies through histopathology. Diagnosis is not specific through laboratory tests alone.