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A ProMED-mail post
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International Society for Infectious Diseases
Date: Mon 12 Jan 2009
Source: Life.ru News Agency [in Russian, trans. & summ. Corr.BA, edited]
Fatal rabies case in the Moscow region
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An emergency situation has been declared in the Noginsk area of the Moscow
region [oblast] where a fatal case of rabies has been reported. All those
who have had contact with the fatal case are under observation.
It is inferred that the deceased patient, a 42 year old man, contracted
rabies in August 2008 when he was bitten by a sick fox. He did not
immediately seek medical treatment and was admitted to hospital only much
later, when his condition had deteriorated. He died on 31 Dec 2008.
communicated by:
ProMED-RUS
[There has been an increase in the number of human cases of rabies in
several Russian regions. According to official statistics the number of
[fatal] cases of rabies virus infection increased from 5 during 11 months
of 2007 to 15 for the same period of 2008. - Mod.NP
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