Human Rabies - Puerto Rico, 2015.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
; 65(52): 1474-1476, 2017 Jan 06.
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| ID: mdl-28056006
ABSTRACT
On December 1, 2015, the Puerto Rico Department of Health (PRDH) was notified by a local hospital of a suspected human rabies case. The previous evening, a Puerto Rican man aged 54 years arrived at the emergency department with fever, difficulty swallowing, hand paresthesia, cough, and chest tightness. The next morning the patient left against medical advice but returned to the emergency department in the afternoon with worsening symptoms. The patient's wife reported that he had been bitten by a mongoose during the first week of October, but had not sought care for the bite. While being transferred to the intensive care unit, the patient went into cardiac arrest and died. On December 3, rabies was confirmed from specimens collected during autopsy. PRDH conducted an initial rapid risk assessment, and five family members were started on rabies postexposure prophylaxis (PEP).
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Assunto principal:
Raiva
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Vírus da Raiva
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Mordeduras e Picadas
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Herpestidae
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Puerto rico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article