Abstract Background Rabies is very common in People’s Republic of China. Each year thousands of people die because of this disease, but rabies diagnosed in pregnancy is very rare. Case Presentation In this study, we report the case of a pregnant woman who was infected with the rabies virus after a dog bite. The symptoms of rabies appeared in labor and she died after pregnancy. Her baby and husband did not develop the disease. Conclusion The phenomenon that the newborn infant was healthy may be related to the protective role of placenta in resisting the invasion of the rabies virus or the absence of systemic viremia. The prompt administration of vaccines and anti-rabies immunoglobulin to the infant may have also contributed to his survival.

Abstract: From two volume-limited main galaxy samples of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 10 (SDSS DR10), we extracted paired galaxies and isolated galaxies, and performed comparative studies between them to explore the influence of galaxy interactions on age, stellar velocity dispersion and K-band luminosity. Paired galaxies have preferentially larger stellar velocity dispersions and are preferentially older than isolated galaxies. We also noted apparent differences in the K-band luminosity distribution between paired galaxies and isolated galaxies in the luminous volume-limited main galaxy sample: paired galaxies are preferentially more luminous than isolated galaxies, whereas this difference in the faint volume-limited main galaxy sample is very small.

Resumen: A partir de dos muestras de galaxias principales limitadas por volumen y obtenidas del SDSS DR10 extrajimos pares de galaxias y galaxias aisladas, y realizamos estudios comparativos de ambas muestras para explorar la influencia de las interacciones galácticas sobre la edad, la dispersión de velocidades estelares y la luminosidad en la banda K. Los pares de galaxias tienden a tener dispersiones de velocidades estelares mayores, y a ser más viejos que las galaxias aisladas. En la muestra limitada por volumen de galaxias brillantes también notamos diferencias en la luminosidad en la banda K entre las pares de galaxias y las galaxias aisladas: los pares de galaxias tienden a ser más luminosos que las galaxias aisladas. Sin embargo, en la muestra de galaxias débiles también limitadas por volumen, esta diferencia es pequeña.