Fourth imported rabies case since the eradication of rabies in Japan in 1957

A 32-year-old man, who visited Japan from the Philippines in 2020, was diagnosed with rabies, the first reported case in Japan since 2006. This is the fourth imported case of rabies since 1957; one case in 1970 was imported from Nepal and two in 2006 were imported from the Philippines.

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Published inJournal of travel medicine Vol. 28; no. 8
Main Authors Nosaki, Yasunobu, Maeda, Kentaro, Watanabe, Maki, Yokoi, Takamasa, Iwai, Katsushige, Noguchi, Akira, Tobiume, Minoru, Satoh, Masaaki, Kaku, Yoshihiro, Sato, Yuko, Kato, Hirofumi, Okutani, Akiko, Kawahara, Madoka, Harada, Michiko, Inoue, Satoshi, Maeda, Ken, Suzuki, Tadaki, Saijo, Masayuki, Takayama-Ito, Mutsuyo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Oxford University Press 29.12.2021
Subjects
Bites and Stings
Humans
Japan
Rabies
Rabies - prevention & control
Rabies virus
Japan
Philippines
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
phylogenetic analysis
viral encephalitis
The Philippines
reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
Hydrophobia
immunohistochemistry
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Summary:A 32-year-old man, who visited Japan from the Philippines in 2020, was diagnosed with rabies, the first reported case in Japan since 2006. This is the fourth imported case of rabies since 1957; one case in 1970 was imported from Nepal and two in 2006 were imported from the Philippines.
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ISSN:1195-1982
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DOI:10.1093/jtm/taab151