title: A confirmed rabies case in a French resident in Cambodia, June 2015.
abstract: A case of confirmed rabies in a French resident is a wake-up call for improved access to timely and adequate rabies post-exposure prophylaxis for all those living in Cambodia, as well as for improved pre-exposure prevention in travellers to Cambodia and other highly endemic settings.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia atarantola@pasteur-kh.org.
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tarantola
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
authors.forename: Channa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mey
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
authors.forename: Sowath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ly
authors.affiliation: Sonja Kill Memorial Hospital, Kampot, Cambodia.
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haener
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Calmette Hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
authors.forename: Nareth
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chhor
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Calmette Hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
authors.forename: Uong
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.affiliation: Department of Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
authors.forename: Sovann
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ly
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fontenille
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dussart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D002160:Cambodia; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D011818:Rabies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D057236:Travel Medicine
keywords: Rabies; Southeast Asia; dog bite; post-exposure prophylaxis; pre-exposure prophylaxis; prevention; travelers