A Case Report on a Human Bite Contact with a Rabid Honey Badger Mellivora capensis (Kromdraai Area, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa).

Autor:	Mohale DK; World Organisation for Animal Health Rabies Reference Laboratory, Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, Pretoria 0110, Gauteng, South Africa., Ngoepe E; World Organisation for Animal Health Rabies Reference Laboratory, Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, Pretoria 0110, Gauteng, South Africa., Mparamoto M; World Organisation for Animal Health Rabies Reference Laboratory, Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, Pretoria 0110, Gauteng, South Africa., Blumberg L; Division for Outbreak Preparedness and Response and the Centre for Emerging, Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Communicable Diseases, 1 Modderfontein Road, Johannesburg 2192, Gauteng, South Africa.; Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, Pretoria 0110, Gauteng, South Africa., Sabeta CT; World Organisation for Animal Health Rabies Reference Laboratory, Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, Pretoria 0110, Gauteng, South Africa.; Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, Pretoria 0110, Gauteng, South Africa.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Tropical medicine and infectious disease [Trop Med Infect Dis] 2023 Mar 24; Vol. 8 (4). Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 24.
DOI:	10.3390/tropicalmed8040186
Abstrakt:	In South Africa, rabies cycles are sustained by both domestic and wildlife host species. Despite the fact that the majority of human rabies cases are associated with dog bite exposures, wildlife species can potentially transmit rabies virus (RABV) infection to humans. In July 2021, a honey badger ( Mellivora capensis ) from the Kromdraai area (Gauteng Province) bit a dog on a small farm. The following day the same honey badger attacked three adults in the area, with one of the victims requiring hospitalization for management of her injuries. The honey badger was subsequently shot and the carcass submitted to the Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (ARC-OVR) for RABV diagnosis. A positive rabies diagnosis was confirmed and phylogenetic analysis of the amplified glycoprotein gene of the rabies virus demonstrated the virus to be of dog origin.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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