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South Africa reports 3 additional human rabies cases in past month

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the human rabies situation in South Africa in 2023, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports three cases of human rabies were confirmed from...

South Africa reports first rabies cases of 2023

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The first two cases of human rabies for the year 2023 were reported in February and March, from Limpopo and KwaZuluNatal (KZN) provinces, respectively. The case from Limpopo involved...

South Africa reports 13th confirmed human rabies case of 2022

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported a confirmed case of human rabies in Limpopo Province in December 2022. The case involved an 8-year-old boy from Mbokota...

South Africa reports 11th human rabies case in 2022

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 South Africa health authorities reported a confirmed human rabies case of the year in a child from Buffalo City Municipality near the east coast of the Eastern Cape Province. The...

South Africa reports 10 lab-confirmed human rabies cases through August

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 South African health officials report in the last month, two cases of rabies were reported in two children from the Eastern Cape province of which one was confirmed by post mortem...

South Africa reports three new human rabies cases, puts total at 7

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The South Africa National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported an additional three confirmed human rabies cases in the past month, bringing the total in the country...

South Africa reports first human rabies case of 2022 in Eastern Cape

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews South Africa health officials reported the first human rabies case of 2022. Rabies was confirmed in a four-year-old child from the Eastern Cape Province. The child was...

South Africa: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal are hot spots for the circulation of rabies

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development reports 262 animal rabies cases through October 22, primarily in dogs (237). In addition, officials confirmed...

Rabies in South Africa: 8 cases reported to date in 2021

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In South Africa, approximately 10 human rabies cases are reported annually, largely as a result of exposure to rabid dogs. A total of eight human cases have been confirmed...

Rabies death reported in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa child

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Acting Executive Mayor, Cllr Luxolo Namette has sent his condolences to the family of a nine-year-old boy who succumbed to the canine...