US EditionFatal Cases of Rabies in Perpignan: What Is Rabies, This Very Rare Lethal Disease in France?
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A man about 30 years old died of rabies in Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales) after a trip to the Maghreb. First fatal case in the metropolis since 2023, this rare infection raises questions: origin of...
An Algerian national died of rabies on 25 September at the Perpignan Hospital Centre. The origin of the contamination has not yet been identified. A rare event: viral disease has almost disappeared in France.
While a thirty-year-old died of rabies at the hospital in Perpignan on 25 September, the disease remains extremely rare in France. However, it remains very present in Africa and Asia, where it causes about 59,000 deaths each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The young man who died of rabies in Perpignan on 25 September had travelled to the Maghreb, "most likely a dog bite."
The hospital in Perpignan confirmed, on 25 September, the death of a patient with rabies, a rare viral infection in the metropolis but feared throughout the world. According to the Institut Pasteur, the diagnosis was made after precise analyses, revealing a canine strain contracted most probably in the Maghreb. This dramatic case highlights the particular temporality of the disease and the brutality of its symptoms. The classical temporality of …
On Wednesday, 1 October, an infectious doctor reported that the young man who died of rabies in Perpignan had travelled to the Maghreb. This is the first fatal case recorded in metropolitan France since 2023.
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