PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies (32): Americas, Brazil (PA) susp, RFI

Rabies — Brazil
The epidemiology department of the Santarem public health network in western Para is investigating a case of suspected human rabies in a patient who arrived in the city on Thursday night [30 May 2019) from Ruropolis, in Para state.
The patient, a boy only 9 years old, who came from Ruropolis with a referral to TOD (treatment out of domicile) is hospitalized at the Municipal Hospital Dr Alberto Tolentino Sotelo (HMS/Santarem Municipal Hospital). Due to the suspicion of human rabies, the