Dozens of children in Luanda, Angola, have died of rabies in the past three months, CNN.com reported.
At least 83 children have died in the Angolan capital from the epidemic, spread by packs of infected dogs, according to CNN.com.
The number only includes those brought to the Hospital Pediatrico, David Bernardino told CNN.com. Many more children could have died, he said.
Bernardino said in the article that the hospital was unable to save any of the children because it had run out of vaccines.
Rabies can be cured with a series of five vaccines that cost about $50 total, more than a month's wages for many families, rabies expert Francois Meslin told CNN.com. Once symptoms appear, however, the disease is fatal.
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