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04-18-2012, 04:40 PM
Toronto Public Health authorities confirmed on Tuesday, 17 April that a 41-year old man who was recently in the Dominican Republic contracted rabies, the first case recorded in Toronto for more than eight decades, as reported in the Montreal Gazette.
For privacy reasons, the health department said it could not release any information about the man, but CBC news said he had been working as a bartender in the Dominican Republic and that he had been treated there, but came back to Canada when his condition worsened.
According to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, there were 26 cases of human rabies in the province from 1925 until early this year, five of which were caused by infected bats.
Toronto Public Health said it is awaiting lab results from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on the strain of rabies before it can establish the place of exposure.
Rabies is a contagious and viral disease that affects the brain and eventually the central nervous system if left untreated.
It is transmissible through saliva, often from animal bites. It can lead to death in serious cases.
According to the US National Library of Medicine, there is a vaccine that can be given after a bite but there is no effective treatment for anyone already showing symptoms of the disease.
www.montrealgazette.com/health/Toronto+Public+Health+confirms+rabies+case/6472321/story.html (http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Toronto+Public+Health+confirms+rabies+case/6472321/story.html)
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For privacy reasons, the health department said it could not release any information about the man, but CBC news said he had been working as a bartender in the Dominican Republic and that he had been treated there, but came back to Canada when his condition worsened.
According to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, there were 26 cases of human rabies in the province from 1925 until early this year, five of which were caused by infected bats.
Toronto Public Health said it is awaiting lab results from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on the strain of rabies before it can establish the place of exposure.
Rabies is a contagious and viral disease that affects the brain and eventually the central nervous system if left untreated.
It is transmissible through saliva, often from animal bites. It can lead to death in serious cases.
According to the US National Library of Medicine, there is a vaccine that can be given after a bite but there is no effective treatment for anyone already showing symptoms of the disease.
www.montrealgazette.com/health/Toronto+Public+Health+confirms+rabies+case/6472321/story.html (http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Toronto+Public+Health+confirms+rabies+case/6472321/story.html)
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