Rabid dog illegally imported to France from Morocco, August 2011

A Mailles; D Boisseleau; L Dacheux; C Michalewiscz; C Gloaguen; N Ponçon; H Bourhy; H Callon; V Vaillant; I Dabosville; P Morineau-Le Houssine

doi:10.2807/ese.16.33.19946-en

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Rabid dog illegally imported to France from Morocco, August 2011
A Mailles¹ , D Boisseleau² , L Dacheux³ , C Michalewiscz⁴ , C Gloaguen⁴ , N Ponçon⁵ , H Bourhy³ , H Callon⁵ , V Vaillant¹ , I Dabosville⁶ , P Morineau-Le Houssine⁶
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Affiliations: ¹ French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de Veille Sanitaire, InVS), Saint Maurice, France ² Regional Office for veterinary services Vendée (Direction départementale de la protection des populations de Vendée), La Roche sur Yon, France ³ Institut Pasteur, National Reference Centre for Rabies, Paris, France ⁴ Regional Agency for Health Pays de Loire, Nantes, France ⁵ General Directorate for Food (Direction Générale de l’Alimentation), Ministry of Agriculture, Paris, France ⁶ Anti-rabies Centre, University Hospital (Centre antirabique, centre hospitalier universitaire), Nantes, France

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Citation style for this article: Mailles A, Boisseleau D, Dacheux L, Michalewiscz C, Gloaguen C, Ponçon N, Bourhy H, Callon H, Vaillant V, Dabosville I, Morineau-Le Houssine P. Rabid dog illegally imported to France from Morocco, August 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(33):pii=19946. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.16.33.19946-en Received: 17 Aug 2011

Abstract

In August 2011, a case of canine rabies was notified to the French veterinary services. The dog was a three-month-old puppy illegally imported from Morocco that presented behavioural changes on 1 August and was admitted to a veterinary clinic on 6 August. It died the following day and the body was shortly sent to the national reference centre where rabies was laboratory-confirmed on 11 August. Contact tracing and post-exposure treatment were initiated immediately.