In the UK the last human death from indigenous classical rabies occurred in 1902, and the last case of indigenous terrestrial animal rabies was in 1922. Most cases of rabies in the UK now occur in quarantined animals, or in people infected abroad. Since 1946 there have been 22 deaths in people infected with rabies abroad.
Two imported cases of rabies occurred in 2001, one was acquired in Nigeria and the other in the Philippines. None of the 22 imported cases received post-exposure prophylactic treatment for rabies either in the country of origin or in the UK. In 2003 it was recognised that UK bats may carry a rabies-like virus, European Bat Lyssavirus 2 (EBL2). A man who was a bat handler died from EBL2 infection probably acquired in Scotland.
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