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1997 Case Definition

CSTE Position Statement Number: 09-ID-12

Laboratory criteria for diagnosis

• A positive direct fluorescent antibody test (preferably performed on central nervous system tissue)
• Isolation of rabies virus (in cell culture or in a laboratory animal)

Case classification

Confirmed: a case that is laboratory confirmed.

Comment

The 1997 case definition appearing on this page was originally published in the 1990 MMWR and re-published in the 2009 CSTE position statement 09-ID-12.1,2 Thus, the 1990, 1997, and 2010 versions of the case definition are identical.

References

1. CDC. (1990). Case Definitions for Public Health Surveillance. MMWR, 39(RR-13), 1-43. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00025629.htm
2. CDC. (1997). Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions Under Public Health Surveillance. MMWR, 46(RR-10), 1-55. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00047449.htm

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