The person admitted to the University Hospital of Cruces (Bizkaia) who was infected with rabies after being bitten by a cat during his stay in another country, as reported by the Basque Department of Health, has died.
The death of this person, a male, occurred on the afternoon of this Friday .
The Basque Health Service informed on December 6 of the existence of a possible case of human rabies that the analyzes submitted by the National Center of Microbiology of Majadaonda, a reference laboratory for this disease, confirmed days later.
This case has been the only one registered in Euskadi in the last 30 years and the infection is the result of the bite that occurred in another country, so the Public Health Department has made it clear that domestic animals in the Basque Country are free of rage
The Department of Health and Osakidetza have shown their condolences to the relatives and relatives of the deceased.
Rabies is a viral disease that affects the central nervous system and is transmitted to people through saliva through bites or scratches from domestic or wild animals that are infected. The incubation period is very variable and can range from one week to one year, with two months the estimated average. EFE
12-14-2019, 04:13:00 PM
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