2023-10-13 06:45:00
the essentials A woman died at the Reims University Hospital on Monday October 9, after contracting rabies following a scratch from a cat during a stay in a Maghreb country.
An extremely rare case in France. Monday October 9, a woman died of rabies at Reims University Hospital, reports The Parisian. She had contracted the virus following a scratch inflicted by a wild cat, during a stay in a Maghreb country, a few weeks earlier. She showed up at the emergency room last Saturday. “Despite rapid treatment in intensive care, the patient died,” indicates the CHU press release.
Since 2001, France has been officially recognized as rabies-free (apart from bats), but the deadly disease continues to circulate in many countries, particularly in Asia and Africa, where dogs are responsible for the majority of cases of rabies. transmission to humans.
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