Abstract : In August 2011, a case of canine rabies was notified to the French veterinary services. The dog was a three-month-old puppy illegally imported from Morocco that presented behavioural changes on 1 August and was admitted to a veterinary clinic on 6 August. It died the following day and the body was shortly sent to the national reference centre where rabies was laboratory-confirmed on 11 August. Contact tracing and post-exposure treatment were initiated immediately.
A. Mailles, D. Boisseleau, Laurent Dacheux, C. Michalewiscz, C. Gloaguen, et al.. Rabid dog illegally imported to France from Morocco, August 2011. Eurosurveillance, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2011, 16 (33), ⟨10.2807/ese.16.33.19946-en⟩. ⟨pasteur-01491356⟩