ArticleJournal of medical case reports2021
Rabies is still a fatal but neglected disease: a case report.
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- Rabies-preventive health program for mothers in maternal and child health centers: quasi experimental study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Rabies knowledge and prevention practices in Gombe state, Nigeria: a community-based comparative cross-sectional study of rabies hotspot and non-hotspot areas.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Pathogenesis of rabies in a pregnant HIV immune-compromised woman in Zambia: A case report.Journal of public health in Africa · 2025Article
- Rabies control in Ghana: Stakeholders interventions, challenges and opportunities.Health science reports · 2024Article
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- A Case Study on Unreported First Probable Human Rabies Following Honey Badger in Somalia.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2024Article
- Clinical epidemiology, determinants, and outcomes of viral encephalitis in Ghana; a cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Tracking lethal threat: in-depth review of rabies.Open veterinary journal · 2023Review
- Spatio-temporal investigation of reported cases of animal rabies in Ghana from 2010 to 2017.Veterinary medicine and science · 2023Article
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- Modelling modifiable factors associated with the probability of human rabies deaths among self-reported victims of dog bites in Abuja, Nigeria.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Rabies in a postpandemic world: resilient reservoirs, redoubtable riposte, recurrent roadblocks, and resolute recidivism.Animal diseases · 2023Review
- Advances in Microbial Diagnostics: Machine Learning and Nanotechnology for Zoonotic Disease Control.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnologyReview
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Abstract
backgroundRabies, caused by a lyssavirus, is a viral zoonosis that affects people in many parts of the world, especially those in low income countries. Contact with domestic animals, especially dogs, is the main source of human infections. Humans may present with the disease only after a long period of exposure. Nearly half of rabies cases occur in children <15 years old. We report on a fatal case of rabies in a Ghanaian school child 5 years after the exposure incident, and the vital role of molecular tools in the confirmation of the diagnosis. CASE PRESENTATION: The patient, an 11-year-old junior high school Ghanaian student from the Obuasi Municipality in Ghana, presented with aggressive behavior, which rapidly progressed to confusion and loss of consciousness within a day of onset. Her parents reported that the patient had experienced a bite from a stray dog on her right leg 5 years prior to presentation, for which no antirabies prophylaxis was given. The patient died within minutes of arrival in hospital (within 24 hours of symptom onset). Real-time polymerase chain reaction testing of cerebrospinal fluid obtained after her death confirmed the diagnosis of rabies. Subsequent phylogenetic analysis showed the virus to belong to the Africa 2 lineage of rabies viruses, which is one of the predominant circulating lineages in Ghana.
conclusionThe incubation period of rabies is highly variable so patients may only present with symptoms long after the exposure incident. Appropriate molecular testing tools, when available as part of rabies control programmes, are vital in confirming cases of rabies.
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