Human rabies--New York, 1993

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1993 Oct 22;42(41):799, 806.

Abstract

In August 1993, a fatal case of human rabies in an 11-year-old girl was reported to the New York State Department of Health; this was the first indigenously acquired fatal case diagnosed in New York in 39 years. This report summarizes the investigation of this case.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • New York / epidemiology
  • Rabies / diagnosis*
  • Rabies / epidemiology*