He developed a rabies-like illness 27 days after the bat encounter, and died 14 days after the onset of illness. A 34-year-old woman who died in Amsterdam on December 8, 2007, was the third recorded fatality. She had been scratched on the nose by a small bat while travelling through Kenya in October 2007, and was admitted to hospital four weeks later with rabies-like symptoms.
A man developed rabies-like illness 27 days after being bitten by a bat, and died 14 days after the onset of his symptoms. A woman who died in Amsterdam on December 8, 2007, was the third recorded fatality from rabies. She had been scratched by a small bat while traveling through Kenya in October 2007 and was hospitalized four weeks later with rabies-like symptoms.