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The Milwaukee Protocol may not be all it's cracked up to be[1]. > A total of 29 patients with rabies encephalitis were treated during the described period. Onl
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The Milwaukee Protocol may not be all it's cracked up to be[1].
> A total of 29 patients with rabies encephalitis were treated during the described period. Only two patients treated during this period have been reported as survivors. However, in both of these cases the patients failed to develop neutralizing anti-rabies virus antibodies, raising serious doubts about whether these individuals actually had rabies encephalitis.
[1] https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-neurological-sciences/article/critical-appraisal-of-the-milwaukee-protocol-for-rabies-this-failed-approach-should-be-abandoned/8A47C583B24B2B2E43248770F78CC35A https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-...