Human rabies - Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas, 1994

Article Abstract:

The deaths of three people from rabies underscores the importance of properly vaccinating all pets and avoiding direct contact with wild animals. A 24-year-old Alabama woman contracted rabies from dead and injured bats that she habitually removed from a chimney. A 42-year-old Tennessee woman probably got the disease from one of her pet dogs, cats or horses, many of whom had never been vaccinated against rabies. A 14-year-old Texas boy may have gotten rabies from a puppy that became sick and died. All three were hospitalized and eventually died. Rabies virus was documented in tissue samples at autopsy. Three other deaths from rabies including these three were recorded in 1994, which is the highest annual death rate from rabies since 1979. However, the incidence of rabies in humans has dropped since the 1950s. On the other hand, the 9,495 cases of rabies reported in animals in 1993 represents an all-time high.

Usage, Rabies vaccines

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Human rabies - Texas and New Jersey, 1997

Article Abstract:

The case of two men who died of rabies illustrates the dangers of contact with bats. One was a 71-year-old man in Texas and the other a 32-year-old man in New Jersey. The latter case is the first case of human rabies in New Jersey since 1971. Both men or their wives recalled contact with a bat, but neither appeared to have a bite. Since 1980, more than half the human rabies cases were linked to bats but only one of the 21 cases had a definite bat bite. People who have contact with a bat should receive human rabies immune globulin unless the bat is captured and documented to be free of rabies.

Health aspects, Bats (Animals), Animal carriers of disease, Bats as carriers of disease

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