Fatal case of imported human rabies in Amadora, Portugal, August 2011

A Santos; E Calé; L Dacheux; H Bourhy; J Gouveia; P Vasconcelos

doi:10.2807/ese.17.12.20130-en

Rapid communications Open Access

Like 0

Download

Fatal case of imported human rabies in Amadora, Portugal, August 2011

A Santos¹, E Calé², L Dacheux³, H Bourhy³, J Gouveia⁴, P Vasconcelos²
View Affiliations Hide Affiliations

Affiliations: ¹ Public Health Department of Amadora, Portugal ² Directorate-General of Health, Lisbon, Portugal ³ WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France ⁴ Hospital Pulido Valente, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal

Correspondence:
P Vasconcelos
pvasconcelos dgs.pt
View Citation Hide Citation

Citation style for this article: Santos A, Calé 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. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.12.20130-en Received: 13 Mar 2012

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.