• Camille Bréhin, Cécile Debuisson, Jean-Michel Mansuy, Henk Niphuis, Hester Buitendijk, Catherine Mengelle, Erick Grouteau, and Isabelle Claudet.
• Service d'Accueil des Urgences Pédiatriques, Hôpital des Enfants, CHU Toulouse, France, brehin.c@chu-toulouse.fr.
• J Travel Med. 2016 Mar 1; 23 (3).

AbstractTo warn physicians and parents about the risk of macaque bites, we present two pediatric cases (a 4-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl) of bites sustained while on holiday. The young boy developed febrile dermohypodermitis and was hospitalized for IV antibiotic treatment. He received an initial antirabies vaccine while still in the holiday destination. Except for local wound disinfection and antibiotic ointment, the girl did not receive any specific treatment while abroad. Both were negative for simian herpes PCR. When travelling in countries or cities with endemic simian herpes virus, parents should keep children away from monkeys. Travel agencies, pediatricians and family physicians should better inform families about the zoonotic risk. © International Society of Travel Medicine, 2016. All rights reserved. Published by Oxford University Press. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.

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