Diagnosis and Analysis of a Recent Case of Human Rabies in Canada

BACKGROUND: On September 30, 2000, staff at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Centre of Expertise for Rabies, located at the Animal Diseases Research Institute in Ottawa, Ontario, diagnosed rabies in a child from Quebec. This was the first case of rabies in a human in Canada in 15 years and...

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Main Authors: Lindsay D Elmgren, Susan A Nadin-Davis, Frances T Muldoon, Alexander I Wandeler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2002-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2002/235073
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description BACKGROUND: On September 30, 2000, staff at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Centre of Expertise for Rabies, located at the Animal Diseases Research Institute in Ottawa, Ontario, diagnosed rabies in a child from Quebec. This was the first case of rabies in a human in Canada in 15 years and in 36 years in the province of Quebec. After spending a week in intensive care in a Montreal hospital, the nine-year-old boy succumbed to this nearly always fatal disease. The boy had been exposed to a bat in late August 2000, while vacationing with his family in the Quebec countryside.
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spelling doaj-art-9cf62a562f2b4874886e71981d49161b2025-08-20T03:38:16ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23322002-01-0113212913310.1155/2002/235073Diagnosis and Analysis of a Recent Case of Human Rabies in CanadaLindsay D Elmgren0Susan A Nadin-Davis1Frances T Muldoon2Alexander I Wandeler3Medical Devices Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaCentre of Expertise for Rabies, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaCentre of Expertise for Rabies, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaCentre of Expertise for Rabies, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaBACKGROUND: On September 30, 2000, staff at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Centre of Expertise for Rabies, located at the Animal Diseases Research Institute in Ottawa, Ontario, diagnosed rabies in a child from Quebec. This was the first case of rabies in a human in Canada in 15 years and in 36 years in the province of Quebec. After spending a week in intensive care in a Montreal hospital, the nine-year-old boy succumbed to this nearly always fatal disease. The boy had been exposed to a bat in late August 2000, while vacationing with his family in the Quebec countryside.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2002/235073
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