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Filipino girl hides from being bitten by stray dog, dies of rabies two months later
23/04/2024 02:12 PM | Click to read full article
According to a report, Jamaica Star Seraspe, 13, was walking home from school in Tondo District, Manila, Philippines, when a stray dog bit her on February 9. When she developed severe symptoms, including fever, back pain, fatigue and difficulty drinking water, she told her mother Roselyn Saraspe and was rushed to San Lazaro Hospital on April 5. She died of rabies encephalitis, which is almost always fatal by the time symptoms begin to appear.