Fatal case of human rabies (Duvenhage virus) from a bat in Kenya: the Netherlands, December 2007

P PAM van Thiel; J AR van den Hoek; F Eftimov; R Tepaske; H J Zaaijer; L Spanjaard; H EL de Boer; G JJ van Doornum; M Schutten; A D Osterhaus; P A Kager

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Fatal case of human rabies (Duvenhage virus) from a bat in Kenya: the Netherlands, December 2007
P PAM van Thiel ¹ , J AR van den Hoek^1,2 , F Eftimov³ , R Tepaske⁴ , H J Zaaijer⁵ , L Spanjaard⁶ , H EL de Boer⁷ , G JJ van Doornum⁸ , M Schutten⁸ , A D Osterhaus⁸ , P A Kager¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine and Aids, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands ² Cluster of Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ³ Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands ⁴ Intensive Care Unit, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands ⁵ Department of Medical Microbiology, Unit Clinical Virology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands ⁶ Department of Medical Microbiology, Unit Hospital Epidemiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands ⁷ Occupational Health Services, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands ⁸ Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

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Citation style for this article: van Thiel P PAM, van den Hoek J AR, Eftimov F, Tepaske R, Zaaijer H J, Spanjaard L, de Boer H EL, van Doornum G JJ, Schutten M , Osterhaus A D, Kager P A. Fatal case of human rabies (Duvenhage virus) from a bat in Kenya: the Netherlands, December 2007. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(2):pii=8007. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.02.08007-en

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Abstract

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.