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Date: Wed 21 Nov 2012
Source: CBS Connecticut [edited]
http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2012/11/21/health-authorities-try-to-identify-woman-exposed-to-rabies/
Health Authorities Try To Identify Woman Exposed To Rabies
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Health authorities are posting an urgent notice as they try to trace a woman bitten by a cat in Chaplin, Connecticut about two weeks ago. The cat has since died, and a necropsy found it suffered from rabies.
Director Robert Miller of the Eastern Highlands Health District says the woman was driving on South Bear Hill Road, with at least one child in her vehicle. It was after 5 p.m. around November 8th, but because it was dark, the witness did not have more of a description than that. The car was travelling between Cross Road and Canada Lane. The woman had picked the cat up from the road, and told the witness it bit her.
Rabies is a deadly disease caused by a virus present in the saliva of infected animals. It has been about two weeks since the woman was bitten, and he says typically symptoms show up three weeks to six weeks after exposure.
Miller says it is urgent that treatment begin before symptoms appear. After that it is almost invariably fatal.
Anyone who knows who the woman could be is asked to call the health district
at (860) 234 6975.
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ProMED-mail correspondent Susan Baekeland
[Chaplin is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. Anyone with information should react immediately and contact the Health Department at (860) 234 6975 . Sixteen days have passed since the woman was bitten by the rabid cat. Prophylactic treatment must be given immediately as the minimum expected incubation period for rabies virus infection is nearing its end. - Mod.CP
A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at: http://healthmap.org/r/1hiS.]
Published Date: 2012-11-24 08:20:55
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies - USA: (CT) cat, human exposure. urgent alert
Archive Number: 20121124.1422505
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies - USA: (CT) cat, human exposure. urgent alert
Archive Number: 20121124.1422505
RABIES - USA: (CONNECTICUT) CAT, HUMAN EXPOSURE, URGENT ALERT
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Date: Wed 21 Nov 2012
Source: CBS Connecticut [edited]
http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2012/11/21/health-authorities-try-to-identify-woman-exposed-to-rabies/
Health Authorities Try To Identify Woman Exposed To Rabies
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Health authorities are posting an urgent notice as they try to trace a woman bitten by a cat in Chaplin, Connecticut about two weeks ago. The cat has since died, and a necropsy found it suffered from rabies.
Director Robert Miller of the Eastern Highlands Health District says the woman was driving on South Bear Hill Road, with at least one child in her vehicle. It was after 5 p.m. around November 8th, but because it was dark, the witness did not have more of a description than that. The car was travelling between Cross Road and Canada Lane. The woman had picked the cat up from the road, and told the witness it bit her.
Rabies is a deadly disease caused by a virus present in the saliva of infected animals. It has been about two weeks since the woman was bitten, and he says typically symptoms show up three weeks to six weeks after exposure.
Miller says it is urgent that treatment begin before symptoms appear. After that it is almost invariably fatal.
Anyone who knows who the woman could be is asked to call the health district
at (860) 234 6975.
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail correspondent Susan Baekeland
[Chaplin is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. Anyone with information should react immediately and contact the Health Department at (860) 234 6975 . Sixteen days have passed since the woman was bitten by the rabid cat. Prophylactic treatment must be given immediately as the minimum expected incubation period for rabies virus infection is nearing its end. - Mod.CP
A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at: http://healthmap.org/r/1hiS.]
