After returning to Dusseldorf, this fellow was hospitalized with an unclear clinical picture almost one month after the bite. The patient died 16 days after onset of the clinical signs. Rabies was confirmed by laboratory diagnosis. Antirabies treatment was given to 46 persons were. The virus has produced illness and coma in a woman who was scratched by a sick bat in Queensland.
Investigations show that five isolates are genetically identical.
The number of stray dogs had increased as rebels were cleared from surrounding villages and the number of dog bites has increased 10 times. A case of human rabies in England. A 19 year-old patient returning to England from Nigeria developed rabies and died from the disease. The virus was identified and post-exposure treatment was given to all persons considered at risk. No indigenous case of human rabies occurred in the UK since 1902 but 20 imported cases were reported since 1946.