Bat rabies—the Achilles heel of a viral killer?
2005; Elsevier BV; Volume: 366; Issue: 9489 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0140-6736(05)67297-2
ISSN1474-547X
Autores Tópico(s)Microbial infections and disease research
ResumoIn October 2004, in Wisconsin, USA, a 15-year-old girl was diagnosed with rabies after being bitten by a bat a month before the onset of symptoms. Surprisingly, and fortunately, she survived. It is the second reported survival of rabies after a bat bite. The first patient was a 9-year-old boy in Ohio, USA, who received prompt treatment with rabies vaccine after being bitten on the thumb by a rabid big-brown bat. 1 Warrell MJ Warrell DA Rabies and other lyssavirus diseases. Lancet. 2004; 363: 959-969 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (233) Google Scholar The Wisconsin case is unique because the patient received no rabies prophylaxis. This exceptional survival addresses the question of the pathogenicity of bat rabies and whether or not bat rabies is the Achilles heel of one of the very few human infections with a near-100% mortality rate.
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