title: Rabid dog illegally imported to France from Morocco, August 2011.
abstract: In August 2011, a case of canine rabies was notified to the French veterinary services. The dog was a three-month-old puppy illegally imported from Morocco that presented behavioural changes on 1 August and was admitted to a veterinary clinic on 6 August. It died the following day and the body was shortly sent to the national reference centre where rabies was laboratory-confirmed on 11 August. Contact tracing and post-exposure treatment were initiated immediately.
authors.affiliation: French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de Veille Sanitaire, InVS), Saint Maurice, France. a.mailles@invs.sante.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mailles
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boisseleau
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dacheux
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Michalewiscz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gloaguen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ponçon
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bourhy
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Callon
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vaillant
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dabosville
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morineau-Le Houssine
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003132:Commerce; D016358:Contact Tracing; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D004285:Dogs; D019085:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D009018:Morocco; D056990:Post-Exposure Prophylaxis; D012367:RNA, Viral; D011818:Rabies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral