Rabies -- Colombia
A 25-year-old woman died in the San Ignacio de Bogota Hospital from human rabies, which was transmitted through a cat bite, the cat coming from the Tequendama zone in Cundinamarca.
The case, confirmed by the National Institute of Health (INS), is the 2nd case in 15 months caused by the wildlife type of rabies virus and is leading to alarms from the Health Authorities because the disease [rabies] in humans was considered controlled. The virus has killed 34 people in the last 12 years.
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