First confirmed case of local human rabies in Saudi Arabia

Epidemiology of rabies cases among international travellers, 2013–2019: A retrospective analysis of published reports

“…The mean age of patients was 36 years (range, 4-65 years). Three cases were reported in children, including a 12 year-old Yemeni refugee who was infected in Saudi Arabia [16], a 10 year-old French tourist child infected in Sri-Lanka and a 3 year-old Zimbabwean migrant to South-Africa, infected in Zimbabwe [18]. The male-to-female ratio was 2.8.…”

“…The type of injury was not described in this last case. Information about treatment in symptomatic patients was missing in most cases; however, a treatment attempt based on the Milwaukee protocol [27] (or derived from), that includes therapeutic coma, ketamine infusion, amantadine, and the screening/prophylaxis/management of cerebral vasospasm was conducted in six patients [5,10,11,15,16,19]. All 23 patients died.…”

Potential Hotspots of Hamadryas Baboon–Human Conflict in Al-Baha Region, Saudi Arabia

“…In addition, they contaminate areas, including children's playgrounds with skin contaminants, faeces, and bodily fluid, and the number of human injuries caused by baboons has increased considerably within the last few years (unpublished data). This is of particular concern because large packs of feral dogs live in sympatry with the baboons at the rubbish dumps and other baboon locations, which might increase the probability of zoonoses like rabies from dogs to baboons and humans [15,17].…”