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Rabies — Russia
A 6-year-old girl has died of rabies in Sobinsky district of Vladimir region. According to the regional department of Hygiene and Epidemiology Center, the child was bitten by a dog on the street, but she didn’t appeal for medical aid. A month later, the child’s health began to deteriorate. But the parents took her to the hospital only 2 days later, and on [28 Aug 2015] she died. The diagnosis — rabies, viral and bacterial infection, hypertoxic reaction, swelling of the brain.
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