title: Fatal case of human rabies imported to Italy from India highlights the importance of adequate post-exposure prophylaxis, October 2011.
abstract: In October 2011, an Indian man resident in Italy was admitted to a hospital in Mantua, Italy with symptoms of acute encephalitis. Due to a recent history of bite by a suspected rabid dog in India, where he had received incomplete post-exposure treatment, rabies was suspected. The patient died after 22 days of intensive care treatment and rabies was confirmed post mortem. This report stresses the need of appropriate post-exposure prophylaxis in rabies-endemic countries.
authors.affiliation: National Reference Centre for Rabies and OIE Collaborating Centre for diseases at the animal-human interface, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Padua, Italy. pdebenedictis@izsvenezle.it
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Benedictis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perboni
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gentili
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gaetti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zaffanella
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mutinelli
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Capua
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cattoli
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications / Q000821:virology; D016358:Contact Tracing; D003422:Critical Care; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000635:transmission*; D004285:Dogs; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D056990:Post-Exposure Prophylaxis; D011818:Rabies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D011819:Rabies Vaccines