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[Postexposure prophylaxis after bite of a broad-winged bat with evidence of European bat lyssavirus 1 (EBLV-1)].
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Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany) [Inn Med (Heidelb)] 2024 Jun; Vol. 65 (6), pp. 608-611. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 15. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Germany has been considered free of terrestrial rabies since 2008 as a result of intensive vaccination and surveillance efforts but reservoirs of the lyssaviruses EBLV‑1 and EBLV‑2 persist in bat colonies and thus pose a potential risk of infection. We report on a patient who suffered a bat bite in an urban setting in which European bat lyssavirus 1 (EBLV-1) was detected in the euthanized bat. We performed active and passive postexposure prophylaxis (PEP). This case study illustrates the ongoing risk of rabies infection due to close bat contacts in Germany and is intended to sensitize primary care physicians to take such exposure events seriously and to perform a regular PEP including administration of rabies immunoglobulin.<br /> (© 2023. The Author(s).)
- Subjects :
- Humans
Animals
Rhabdoviridae Infections prevention & control
Rhabdoviridae Infections transmission
Rhabdoviridae Infections virology
Male
Germany
Rabies Vaccines administration & dosage
Chiroptera virology
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
Lyssavirus immunology
Bites and Stings virology
Rabies prevention & control
Rabies transmission
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Details
- Language :
- German
- ISSN :
- 2731-7099
- Volume :
- 65
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38100072
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00108-023-01638-3