狂犬鼬獾續
台灣發生染狂犬病鼬獾咬人首例！一位31歲住在台東縣東河鄉的男子，22日晚間在住家遭一隻闖入的鼬獾咬傷，男子逮住鼬獾，送往農委會家衛所檢測後，確認該鼬獾感染狂犬病，後來這位男子緊急施打狂犬病疫苗及免疫球蛋白，還好目前沒有大礙, 但後續還要再追蹤。
農委會防檢局跟疾管署23日晚間緊急開記者會，宣布國內出現第一起染狂犬病鼬獾咬人案例。
[[疾管署副署長 周志浩]]
“這位民眾是30來歲的男性，是在台東，他在昨天晚上(週一)時，被一隻野生動物咬到，在左手食指的地方”
幸好這名男子緊急到醫院施打免疫球蛋白和狂犬病疫苗，目前病情還在觀察中。
農委會上個月陸續在南投溪頭，雲林古坑和南投魚池發現三隻死亡鼬獾身上有狂犬病毒，這回又在台東發現染狂犬病的鼬獾，大家都擔心病毒是否已經擴散。
[[台大動物醫院醫師 季昭華]]
“我認為現在要兩個步驟來做，第一個就是要全面性的調查，在台灣的低海拔山區的這些食肉性的野生動物，看牠們到底有沒有狂犬病毒的感染，第二個就是說，有可能接觸到這些野生動物的犬貓還有人，尤其在低海拔工作的，一定要注射狂犬病疫苗”
狂犬病感染後潛伏期一般是20天到三個月。發病後致死率極高，會有發熱疲倦和呼吸困難等症狀，但只要在發病前立即到醫院打免疫球蛋白和狂犬病疫苗，基本上都能存活。
Expert calls for comprehensive rabies survey (2013/07/24)
A doctor at National Taiwan University Veterinary Hospital is urging a comprehensive rabies survey. Rabies fears are increasing following the discovery of four infected Formosan ferret-badgers, one of which bit a man in Taitung.
The Bureau of Animal Quarantine and the Centers for Disease Control held an emergency news conference Tuesday evening. CDC Deputy Director-General Chou Jih-haw announced Taiwan’s first instance of a rabid Formosan ferret-badger biting a person.
Chou Jih-haw
CDC Deputy Director-General
This patient is a male in his 30s from Taitung, says Chou. He was bitten on his left index finger yesterday (Monday) evening by a wild animal.
After being bitten, the man quickly went to hospital to receive the rabies immunoglobulin and vaccine. He is under observation.
Last month the Council of Agriculture found three dead ferret-badgers infected with rabies, in Nantou’s Xitou and Yuchih as well as Yunlin’s Gukeng. The discovery of another infected animal in Taitung has increased fears that the disease is widespread.
Chi C. H.
NTU Veterinary Hospital
I think two steps are needed, says Veterinarian Chi C. H. First, we need a comprehensive survey of all low elevation mountainous areas in Taiwan to see if any other carnivorous wild animals are infected with rabies. Second, we need to vaccinate pets and people who may come into contact with these wild animals, particularly those in low elevation mountainous areas.
The incubation period for rabies generally lasts 20 days to three months. Those who fall ill develop a fever, become tired and have trouble breathing. Nearly 100 percent die. But most people who are treated shortly after being bitten survive.
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