Rabies -- Dominican Republic
A 5-year-old boy died Saturday [29 Dec 2018] in a Santo Domingo hospital from rabies, the 4th such case of the year [2018] in the Dominican Republic, according to an El Comercio report (computer translated).
The child, who entered the Robert Reid Cabral Children's Hospital 10 days ago, remained in an induced coma, and yesterday his condition began to worsen, presenting respiratory, cerebral, and cardiac failures, according to a hospital spokesman.
The boy was bitten by a dog on 19 Nov
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6240562&promed&0
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