Human rabies--Miami, 1994

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1994 Oct 28;43(42):773-5.

Abstract

A high proportion of recent human rabies cases diagnosed in the United States have been acquired outside the country and have lacked a history of animal bite exposure. On June 21, 1994, a 40-year-old man died in a hospital in Miami following a subacute and progressive neurologic syndrome; rabies had not been clinically suspected but was diagnosed postmortem on July 13. This report summarizes the case investigation, which indicated that the case was acquired outside the United States.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Florida / epidemiology
  • Haiti / ethnology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Rabies / diagnosis
  • Rabies / epidemiology*
  • Travel