Open AccessFatal case of human rabies (Duvenhage virus) from a bat in Kenya: the Netherlands, December 2007
Author(s) -
Pieter P. A. M. van Thiel,
Janet Hoek,
Filip Eftimov,
Robert Tepaske,
H. J. Zaaijer,
Lodewijk Spanjaard,
H. E. L. De Boer,
G. J. J. Van Doornum,
Martin Schutten,
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus,
P. A. Kager
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/ese.13.02.08007-en
Subject(s) - malaise , nausea , dysarthria , hypesthesia , medicine , rabies , pediatrics , virology , surgery , psychiatry
On 19 November 2007, a 34-year-old woman was admitted to the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands with dysarthria, hypesthesia of both cheeks and unsteady gait, all of which started the day before. She had also experienced dizziness, nausea and general malaise since 16 November.