Human rabies--Connecticut, 1995.

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report ·Vol. 45 ·No. 10 ·1996-03-15 ·Pages 207-9

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC

Abstract

On October 3, 1995, a 13-year-old girl who resided in Greenwich, Connecticut, died from rabies virus infection. This was the first case of human rabies reported in a Connecticut resident since 1932. This report summarizes the investigation of this case which indicated a bat as the probable source of her exposure.

MeSH Terms

Adolescent Animals Chiroptera/virology Connecticut/epidemiology Fatal Outcome Female Humans Rabies/diagnosis,epidemiology Rabies virus/isolation & purification

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Article Info

Journal

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report

Abbr.

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep

ISSN

0149-2195

Published

1996-03-15

Pages

207-9

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7802429

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