Inthefallof2004,JeannaGiesecheckedintotheChildren'sHospitalofWisconsinwithasetofpuzzlingsymptoms...andherconditionwasdeterioratingfast.BythetimeDr.RodneyWilloughbysawher,heonlyknewonethingforsure:ifJeanna'sdisturbingbreakdownturnedouttoberabies,shewasdoomedtodie.
Whathappenednextseemedlikeamedicalimpossibility.Inthisepisode,originallyairedin2013,ProducerTimHowardtellsJeanna'sstoryandtalkstoauthorsMonicaMurphyandBillWasik,andscientistsAmyGilbertandSergioRecuenco,whiletryingtounravelthemysteryofanunusualpatientand thedoctorwhodaredtotakeoncertaindeath.
Episodecredits:
ReportedandproducedbyTimHoward
CITATIONS:
Articles:"Undead:TheRabiesVirusRemainsaMedicalMystery,"WiredarticlebyMonicaMurphyandBillWasik
"BatsIncredible:TheMysteryofRabiesSurvivorshipDeepens,"WiredarticlebyMonicaMurphyandBillWasik
"StudyDetectsRabiesImmuneResponseinAmazonPopulations,"theCDC'spageonAmyGilbertandSergioRecuenco'swork(inc.photosfromPeru)
"SelectionCriteriaforMilwaukeeProtocol,"whentotrytheMilwaukeeProtocol
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