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A media report of 31 December 2016 advises that health officials in the Cusco region in south eastern Peru have reported 85 suspected human rabies cases in individuals in La Convención province.
The cases are suspected of having contracted rabies after being bitten by bats in the various Amazonian localities of Camana, Mayapo, Puerto Huallana and Alto Pichas.
The regional director of Health of Cusco has confirmed that among the group of those bitten by bats are 15 soldiers that were transferred to Lima. Of this group of soldiers, two cases have been confirmed, one of which is now deceased.
Peru is considered by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to be a high risk destination for rabies.