Fatal case of imported human rabies in Amadora, Portugal, August 2011.
Abstract
We report on a case of imported human rabies in Portugal, in July 2011 in a woman who presented initially complaining of back pain, without relating exposure to animal bites. She had travelled from Portugal to Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, in April where she had been bitten by a dog on 1 May. She was diagnosed with rabies on 26 July and died two weeks later in spite of being treated following the Milwaukee protocol.
Keywords
*Travel
Adult
Animals
Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use
Back Pain/etiology
Bites and Stings/*complications
Contact Tracing
Dog Diseases/transmission
Dogs
Female
Guinea-Bissau
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Portugal
post-exposure prophylaxis
Rabies/*diagnosis/drug therapy/mortality
Rabies Vaccines/administration & dosage
Rabies virus/genetics/*isolation & purification
Saliva/virology
Domains
Virology
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