A case of human rabies with a long incubation period in Wuhan

Autor: Meng Shengli, Li Qian, Sun Yan, Wu Wenjuan, Wu Jie, Shi Jinrong, Wang Zejun, Li Xingguo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: IDCases, Vol 23, Iss , Pp e00998- (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2214-2509
DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00998
Popis: Rabies remains endemic in China and continues to pose a major threat to public health with a nearly 100 % case fatality rate in humans. We confirmed a case of human rabies in Wuhan, in May 2018. The patient had got a dog bite wound 3 years before symptoms of confusion, hydrophobia, and photophobia onset. On May 14, our laboratory confirmed that the patient was infected with a rabies virus that circulates in dogs in China and died on May 24, two weeks later after admission. Complete glycoprotein gene sequences determined for this isolate indicated the source of a RABV infection was dog-related RABV variants.
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