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Alternative Title:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm675152a2
Personal Author:
Murphy, Julia ; Sifri, Costi D. ; Pruitt, Rhonda ; Hornberger, Marcia ; Bonds, Denise ; ... More +
Murphy, Julia ; Sifri, Costi D. ; Pruitt, Rhonda ; Hornberger, Marcia ; Bonds, Denise ; Blanton, Jesse ; Ellison, James ; Cagnina, R. Elaine ; Enfield, Kyle B. ; Shiferaw, Miriam ; Gigante, Crystal ; Condori, Edgar ; Gruszynski, Karen ; Wallace, Ryan M. Less -
Description:
On May 9, 2017, the Virginia Department of Health was notified regarding a patient with suspected rabies. The patient had sustained a dog bite 6 weeks before symptom onset while traveling in India. On May 11, CDC confirmed that the patient was infected with a rabies virus that circulates in dogs in India. Despite aggressive treatment, the patient died, becoming the ninth person exposed to rabies abroad who has died from rabies in the United States since 2008. A total of 250 health care workers were assessed for exposure to the patient, 72 (29%) of whom were advised to initiate postexposure prophylaxis (PEP). The total pharmaceutical cost for PEP (rabies immunoglobulin and rabies vaccine) was approximately $235,000. International travelers should consider a pretravel consultation with travel health specialists; rabies preexposure prophylaxis is warranted for travelers who will be in rabies endemic countries for long durations, in remote areas, or who plan activities that might put them at risk for a rabies exposures.
Subject:
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Aged
Animals
Bites And Stings
Contact Tracing
Dog Diseases
Dogs
Fatal Outcome
Female
Full Report
Humans
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
Rabies
Rabies Virus
Travel-Related Illness

Source:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 67(5152):1410-1414
Pubmed ID:
30605446
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC6334827
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
India ; Virginia
India ; Virginia Less -
Collection(s):
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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