A Wild Wolf Attack and Its Unfortunate Outcome: Rabies and Death

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• 作者：S¨¹ha T¨¹rkmen ; Aynur Sahin ; Mucahit Gunayd?n ; Ozgur Tatli ; Yunus Karaca ; Suleyman Turedi ; Abdulkadir Gunduz
• 关键词：wolf ; rabies ; wild mammalian attack
• 刊名：Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：September, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：23
• 期：3
• 页码：248-250
• 全文大小：265 K

文摘

Wild animal attacks are potential occurrences in rural areas of Turkey. Wolf attacks, however, are rare this century, but there are many anecdotal reports from previous times. Attacks by wolves are generally directed against animals, such as cows and sheep, and for feeding purposes. Wolf attacks on humans are a little known and unexpected phenomenon. A 60-year-old man was brought to the emergency department with facial injuries caused by a wolf emerging from a rural area and leaping at his face as he was sitting in his garden. During the incident, the patient strangled the wolf to death. Despite postexposure prophylaxis the patient likely died because of rabies.