In Moscow region 50-year old Vladimir Turskov died from the bite of a rabid raccoon. The man was rushed to the hospital, but all vital organs failed to work and the man died.

The infection was developing rapidly. On Monday the man was feeling ok, he was responding to speech and light. But in the evening he started to feel worse. ‘Virus paralyzed central nervous system’, - says chief doctor of Tuchkovskaya hospital Vladimir Zubtsov. Unfortunately, there is still no cure for human rabies.

In late April Vladimir Turskov was resting with his friends outside of Moscow. When they were cooking shashlik, a raccoon came by. He wasn’t aggressive. Turskov decided to come closer to the animal and pet it. Suddenly raccoon bit Vladimir. The man in despair killed raccoon.

Originally at Pravda: Rabid raccoon kills man in Moscow

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