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PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies – South Africa: (FS) human

Rabies -- South AfricaSouth African health authorities have reported a human case of rabies in an 8-year-old boy living near Ficksburg in Free State province. He was bitten on his thigh on 2 May 2015 by a dog. A few weeks later, he was admitted to hospital with symptoms of rabies infection and died on 6 Jul 2015.Since the beginning of the year [2015], 5 cases of human infection with the rabies virus have been reported in South Africa: Limpopo (2 cases), KwaZulu-Natal (1 case), Eastern Cape (1 case) Read more [...]