Rabies Risk: Difficulties Encountered during Management of Grouped Cases of Bat Bites in 2 Isolated Villages in French Guiana.

• Main Authors: Franck Berger (Author), Noëlle Desplanches (Author), Sylvie Baillargeaux (Author), Michel Joubert (Author), Manuelle Miller (Author), Florence Ribadeau-Dumas (Author), André Spiegel (Author), Hervé Bourhy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In French Guiana, from 1984 to 2011, 14 animal rabies cases and 1 human rabies case (2008) were diagnosed. In January 2011, vampire-bat attacks occurred in 2 isolated villages. In mid-January, a medical team from the Cayenne Centre for Anti-Rabies Treatment visited the sites to manage individuals po...