India Rabies 2012

[Ronan Kelly]

Tamil Nadu
Chennai | Updated May 09, 2012 at 11:48pm IST
Boys death triggers rabies fear
Express News Service


CHENNAI: When four-and-a-half year old Austin suddenly succumbed to his spell of diarrhoea and vomiting on Monday, his parents had no idea that it had anything to do with a bite that he had received while playing with a stray dog outside their house in Ambattur in April. He was brought to the Institute of Child Health in Egmore and admitted on Sunday, said the Director in charge, Dr P Jeyachandran. As they suspected that he might have been bitten by a dog that was carrying the dreaded rabies virus, they rushed a sample of his blood and saliva for testing.
However, the boy passed away on Monday morning. While the test results are yet to return, strong indications are there that he may be the first rabies-caused death of this year, in Chennai. Two months ago, three golfers were attacked and bitted by a rabid pig, but all of them have recovered well.
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http://ibnlive.in.com/news/boys-death-triggers-rabies-fear/256087-60-120.html

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: India Rabies 2012

Rabies victim 'failed to tell doctors about about dog bite or her trip to India'
By SOPHIE BORLAND and ELEANOR HARDING
PUBLISHED: 14:23 EST, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 01:30 EST, 25 May 2012
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A source at the hospital said: ‘Had the staff been properly informed about this woman’s trip to India, and especially that she had been bitten by a dog there, alarm bells would have rung immediately and the whole approach to her treatment would have been totally different to what happened.’
It was only when she visited her GP again last Friday – four days after the first appointment – rabies was suspected.
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Grandmother in serious condition after catching rabies from dog in India

11:40am Thursday 24th May 2012 in News By Kelly Smale
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THE World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) is calling on the Indian government to embark on mass vaccination of dogs.
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He added: "India is in the unenviable position of being number one in the world for human rabies deaths with an estimated 20,000 people dying from it every year.

"But it doesn’t have to be that way: tourists, locals and dogs can all be protected against rabies through the mass vaccination of dogs."

WSPA wants every vaccinated dog to be fitted with a red collar to show communities which vulnerable animals have been protected against rabies.
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/9725098.Grandmother_catches_rabies_from_dog/