title: Presenting features and diagnosis of rabies.
abstract: The early clinical features important in the establishment of a diagnosis of rabies are described from experience of 23 fatal cases in Sri Lanka. The importance of the "fan test" as a diagnostic sign is stressed. The earliest features of the disease may suggest hysteria if a history of a bite from a rabid animal is not obtained. In a district in which there is an outbreak of rabies cases of rabies hysteria may also develop.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000635:transmission; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D007046:Hysteria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000635:transmission; D011818:Rabies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D013035:Spasm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013188:Sri Lanka