Human rabies - West Virginia, 1994
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Contact with bats may put a person at risk of contracting rabies. Of 21 reported rabies cases since 1980, nine were caused by a type of virus associated with bats. A case in October 1994 was apparently caused when a man shot and handled a bat at his house in June or July. In early October, the man experienced shaking, vomiting, speech difficulties and anxiety. He also avoided drinking anything. Initially, he was thought to be suffering a psychotic reaction to drugs or alcohol. His symptoms worsened and he was admitted to a hospital where abnormal laboratory results and an elevated white blood cell count indicated some type of brain inflammation. Rabies was considered as well as other diagnoses, and he was isolated because he was spitting up frothy saliva. He was transferred to a more advanced hospital and further tests confirmed the diagnosis of rabies, eight days after the initial hospitalization. The patient died three days later.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1995
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Human rabies - Connecticut, 1995
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The death of a 13-year-old girl from rabies in October, 1995, represents the first case of human rabies in Connecticut since 1932. She was seen in a hospital emergency department for pain and tingling in her left shoulder and arm. Continuing symptoms led to her hospitalization with a presumed case of Lyme disease, for which she was given antibiotics. She developed weakness iu her left arm, became extremely agitated and began hallucinating. She lapsed into a coma and was eventually removed from life support. Samples of saliva and eye secretions tested positive for a type rabies virus associated with the silver-haired bat. Her family reported that a bat had entered the house about one month before her symptoms began. About 7% of the 671 bats tested by a Connecticut state laboratory between 1991 and 1995 were positive for rabies.0
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1996
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Human rabies - Florida, 1996
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A Mexican immigrant who died in Florida in Feb, 1996, represents the 29th case of human rabies in the US since 1980. He was hospitalized December 30, 1995 with abdominal discomfort and a three-day history of difficulty swallowing. His condition deteriorated and he eventually died. A friend reported that he had been bitten by a puppy in Chiapas, Mexico in Oct, 1995. The puppy was never tested for rabies, but rabies in dogs is endemic in this part of Mexico. Almost 40% of the rabies cases in the US since 1980 were contracted outside the US.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1996
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