“Patient in Norway infected with rabies”
“A patient that have been set up at the central hospital in the Norwegian Førde is infected with rabies. It is the first time since 1815 that a man on the mainland of Norway had rabies.”
“the Patient was bitten by a dog during a trip to Asia two months ago, writes Bergens Tidende.”
“Samples were analysed in Sweden, since Norway does not have the knowledge, and the answers confirmed the hospital’s suspicions.”
“– By these test results, we have now got it clear that the diagnosis is rabies, ” says sjukhuschef Trine Hunskår Vingsnes.”
“the Patient has become progressively worse and is now seriously ill. Several other people in the traveling party should have come in contact with the dog and the hospital has now announced their hemkommuner.”
“Rabies is a serious viral disease that affects the central nervous system. Rabies can be transmitted from animals to humans through saliva. The disease is virtually worldwide, but in countries such as Sweden and Norway have not been infected with rabies for a very long time. Rabies is a fatal disease unless early treatment is given.”
