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The monkey bite incident occurred earlier this year, making it the first case of the Monkey B virus in Hong Kong. Click to read more.
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The specifics of the victim's injuries are not known. Reports suggest a few weeks after the attack, the man took ill. He was admitted to Yan Chai Hospital’s emergency department on March 21 with fever and 'decreased conscious level'. TheHealthSite.com
Local authorities are urging the intruder to also seek medical attention for likely exposure to the herpes b virus carried by the monkeys.
Monkey B Virus reported in China, 1 dies Indo-Asian News Services Beijing: A Beijing-based vet, who was confirmed as China’s first human infection case with Monkey B Virus (BV), has died from the virus, but his close contacts are safe from it, for now, Global Times reported. The 53-year-old male vet, who worked for an institution researching on non-human primates, showed early-onset symptoms of nausea and vomiting, a month after he dissected two dead monkeys in early March. The vet sought treatment in several hospitals and eventually died on May 27, China CDC Weekly English Pl...