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Indonesia: Hundreds in E. Nusa Tenggara treated for rabies

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Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/03/04/hundreds-e-nusa-tenggara-treated-rabies.html

Hundreds in E. Nusa Tenggara treated for rabies
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 03/04/2011 5:52 PM |

At least 242 residents of Sikka, East Nusa Tenggara, are undergoing intensive care in health centers after becoming infected with the rabies virus, local authorities say.

The residents were bitten by rabid animals between January and February, Sikka Health Agency chief Delly Pasande said Friday, as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

?The number of people bitten by rabid dogs is in the hundreds,? he said.

Delly said the large number of rabies patients was a result of insufficient preventive measures on the part of the local Husbandry Agency...
 
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