Inthefallof2004,JeannaGiesecheckedintotheChildren'sHospitalofWisconsinwithasetofpuzzlingsymptoms...andherconditionwasdeterioratingfast.BythetimeDr.RodneyWilloughbysawher,heonlyknewonethingforsure:ifJeanna'sdisturbingbreakdownturnedouttoberabies,shewasdoomedtodie.

Whathappenednextseemedlikeamedicalimpossibility.Inthisepisode,originallyairedin2013,ProducerTimHowardtellsJeanna'sstoryandtalkstoauthorsMonicaMurphyandBillWasik,andscientistsAmyGilbertandSergioRecuenco,whiletryingtounravelthemysteryofanunusualpatientand thedoctorwhodaredtotakeoncertaindeath.

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ReportedandproducedbyTimHoward

CITATIONS:

Articles:"Undead:TheRabiesVirusRemainsaMedicalMystery,"WiredarticlebyMonicaMurphyandBillWasik

"BatsIncredible:TheMysteryofRabiesSurvivorshipDeepens,"WiredarticlebyMonicaMurphyandBillWasik

"StudyDetectsRabiesImmuneResponseinAmazonPopulations,"theCDC'spageonAmyGilbertandSergioRecuenco'swork(inc.photosfromPeru)

"SelectionCriteriaforMilwaukeeProtocol,"whentotrytheMilwaukeeProtocol

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