Wisconsin woman marks 20 years since her near fatal rabies diagnosis
Wisconsin woman marks 20 years since her near fatal rabies diagnosis
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Wisconsin woman marks 20 years since her near fatal rabies diagnosis
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There is some scientific research suggesting that the Milwaukee Protocol is ineffective and that the patient's own immune response was mostly responsible for clearing the disease, as she presented with antibodies despite not having been vaccinated.
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Wow, I'd never heard of this. Thanks for posting it.
Rabies is a brutal virus, how it works is an amazing read.
I'd never heard of this case before. That is some fine quick and clever thinking by that doctor.
Radiolab had a great episode about this:
https://radiolab.org/podcast/312245-rodney-versus-death
I was just going to share this episode too!