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Standard Operating Procedure for Lyssavirus Surveillance of the Bat Population in Taiwan
Published on: August 27, 2019
[A new case of bat rabies in France]
V Delbos1, P Abgueguen, J-M Chennebault
1Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CHU, 4, rue Larrey, 49933 Angers cedex 09, France. VaDelbos@chu-angers.fr
Introduction:
Bat rabies represents an emerging zoonosis in Europe and the only endemic cause of rabies in France.
Case Record:
A 29 year-old woman was bitten at the hand by a bat. The diagnosis of bat rabies was positive and the viral strain was an European Bat Lyssavirus 1a. A combination of rabies vaccine and human rabies immune globulin was provided to the patient.
Discussion:
Any direct contact with a bat must be avoided. In case of exposure to bats, the postexposure treatment must associate the rabies vaccine and human rabies immune globulin because of antigenic diversity of Lyssavirus circulating in bat species.
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