Table 3 Distribution of rabies virus and cytochrome c in CNS of human rabies patients who survived longer than 7 days (Numbers in bold and italic designated discrepancy between rabies antigen positive- and cytochrome c positive neurons in particular region).
From: Mechanisms of escape phenomenon of spinal cord and brainstem in human rabies
Patient No. | Survival period | Antigen | Frontal | Temporal | Hippocampus | Parietal | Occipital | Thalamus | Basal-ganglia | Cerebellum | Midbrain | Pons | Medulla | Cervical | Thoracic | Lumbar | Sacrum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Furious | |||||||||||||||||
H3 | 8 | Rabies | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Â | Â | Cyto C* | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Paralysis | |||||||||||||||||
H2 | 16 | Rabies | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | nd** |
| Â | Â | Cyto C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | nd |
H7 | 13 | Rabies | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | nd | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Â | Â | Cyto C | 2 | 3 | nd | 4 | 3 | 3 | nd | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | nd | 1 |
H9 | 9 | Rabies | 4 | 2 | nd | 4 | 4 | nd | 4 | 4 | 4 | nd | 3 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| Â | Â | Cyto C | 1 | 0 | nd | 2 | 0 | nd | 0 | 3 | 1 | nd | 1 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
H10 | 13 | Rabies | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Â | Â | Cyto C | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |