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Hypersexuality in a 28-Year-Old Woman with Rabies

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Unusual clinical presentations of rabies are well known. A case of rabies is reported in a 28-year-old female who presented with features of increased sexual desire and heightened sexual arousal without provocation. Health care providers should be aware that marked changes in sexual behavior may be related to infection due to rabies.

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  1. Department of Accident, Emergency & Critical Care Medicine, Sri Gokulam Hospital and Research Institute, Salem, 636004, Tamil Nadu, India

    Subramanian Senthilkumaran & Shah Sweni

  2. Department of Neurosciences, Sri Gokulam Hospital and Research Institute, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India

    Namasivayam Balamurgan

  3. Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India

    Ritesh G. Menezes

  4. Department of Internal Medicine, Chennai Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Irungalur, Trichy, India

    Ponniah Thirumalaikolundusubramanian

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Senthilkumaran, S., Balamurgan, N., Sweni, S. et al. Hypersexuality in a 28-Year-Old Woman with Rabies. Arch Sex Behav 40, 1327–1328 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-011-9788-3

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