Fatal case of imported human rabies in Amadora, Portugal, August 2011

Santos, A; Calé, Etelvina; Dacheux, L; Bourhy, H; Gouveia, J; Vasconcelos, Paula

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We report on a case of imported human rabies in Portugal, in July 2011 in a woman who presented initially complaining of back pain, without relating exposure to animal bites. She had travelled from Portugal to Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, in April where she had been bitten by a dog on 1 May. She was diagnosed with rabies on 26 July and died two weeks later in spite of being treated following the Milwaukee protocol.