OCCIPITAL CEREBRAL ASPIRATION PONCTION - TECHNICAL PROCEDURE TO TAKE A BRAIN SPECIMEN FOR POSTMORTEM VIROLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF HUMAN RABIES IN DAKAR

From december 1986 to june 1994, 23 human rabies cases hospitalised at the Infectious Diseases Department al Fann Hospital in Dakar were enr olled in this study, For each case, an occipital cerebral aspiration p onction were done for the virologic diagnosis of rabies, The specimen was send at the Institut Pasteur of Dakar, The positivity rate was 95. 6 %. These results are similar to those obtained with autopsy and are more sensitive than those with salavia inoculation or-corneal appositi on.