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Euro Surveill. Fatal case of imported human rabies in Amadora, Portugal, August 2011
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A Santos<SUP>1</SUP>, E Cal?<SUP>2</SUP>, L Dacheux<SUP>3</SUP>, H Bourhy<SUP>3</SUP>, J Gouveia<SUP>4</SUP>, P Vasconcelos (
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Citation style for this article: Santos A, Cal? E, Dacheux L, Bourhy H, Gouveia J, Vasconcelos P. Fatal case of imported human rabies in Amadora, Portugal, August 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(12):pii=20130. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20130
Date of submission: 13 March 2012 <HR>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.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 12, 22 March 2012
Rapid communications
Fatal case of imported human rabies in Amadora, Portugal, August 2011
Rapid communications
Fatal case of imported human rabies in Amadora, Portugal, August 2011
A Santos<SUP>1</SUP>, E Cal?<SUP>2</SUP>, L Dacheux<SUP>3</SUP>, H Bourhy<SUP>3</SUP>, J Gouveia<SUP>4</SUP>, P Vasconcelos (
- Public Health Department of Amadora, Portugal
- Directorate-General of Health, Lisbon, Portugal
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Hospital Pulido Valente, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal
Citation style for this article: Santos A, Cal? E, Dacheux L, Bourhy H, Gouveia J, Vasconcelos P. Fatal case of imported human rabies in Amadora, Portugal, August 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(12):pii=20130. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20130
Date of submission: 13 March 2012 <HR>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.