Human rabies: autopsy case

Laura G. Saavedra-Hurtado, Department of Pathological Anatomy, “Dr. Miguel Silva” Civil Hospital, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
Irving D. Ortiz-Sanchez, Department of Pathological Anatomy, “Dr. Miguel Silva” Civil Hospital, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
Marisol Galvan-Navarrete, Department of Pathological Anatomy, “Dr. Miguel Silva” Civil Hospital, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico

Introduction

Etiology

The rabies virus belongs to the genus Lyssavirus, family Rhabdoviridae, and is bullet-shaped¹.