A Fatal Case of Rabies in a Woman Bitten by an Insectivorous Bat

Gl, Humphrey; Ge, Kemp; Eg, Wood

doi:10.2307/4590791

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“…Unexpectedly, 19 of 26 bat-associated cryptic cases were attributed to rabies viruses not from common house bat species, but, rather, from 2 bat species rarely found around humans or human dwellings: silver-haired bats (Lasionycteris noctivagans) and eastern pipistrelles (Pipistrellus subflavus). Of interest, the first well-documented human death due to rabies associated with an insectivorous bat bite (in 1958) was also the first case reported to involve silver-haired bats in human rabies [25,26]. The species was identified because the bite was recognized and the bat was recovered.…”

Section: Epidemiology Of Bat Rabies and The Role Of Bats In Cryptic Ementioning

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Emerging Epidemiology of Bat‐Associated Cryptic Cases of Rabies in Humans in the United States

2002

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In the United States, during the past half-century, the number of humans to die of rabies dramatically decreased to an average of 1-2 per year. Although the number of deaths is low, most deaths occur because individuals are unaware that they had been exposed to and infected with rabies virus, and, therefore, they do not seek effective postexposure treatment. Molecular epidemiological studies have linked most of these cryptic rabies exposures to rabies virus variants associated with insectivorous bats. In particular, virus variants associated with 2 relatively reclusive species, the silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) and the eastern pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus), are the unexpected culprits of most cryptic cases of rabies in humans.

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Section: Epidemiology Of Bat Rabies and The Role Of Bats In Cryptic Ementioning

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Emerging Epidemiology of Bat‐Associated Cryptic Cases of Rabies in Humans in the United States

2002

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“…Rabies virus infection possibly acquired by droplets or aerosolized virus has been described in two persons visiting Frio Cave in Texas (Irons, Eads, Grimes, & Conklin, 1957). Millions of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) congregate in this cave, and rabies virus is endemic within the bat population (Humphrey, Kemp, & Wood, 1960). Experimental studies with animals and with an electrostatic precipitation device suggest that air-borne transmission of rabies virus can occur under these exceptional circumstances (Constantine, 1962;Winkler, 1968).…”

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Epidemiology

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“…These data suggest that it is inappropriate to lump all 11 species into a single group. In the United States, there were only 38 human rabies deaths reported as being of bat origin between 1951 and 2000 (Sulkin and Greve, 1954;Irons et al, 1957;CDC, 1959CDC, , 1979CDC, , 1983bCDC, , 1984CDC, , 1991aCDC, , 1991bCDC, , 1993CDC, , 1994aCDC, , 1994bCDC, , 1995aCDC, , 1995bCDC, , 1996aCDC, , 1996bCDC, , 1997bCDC, , 1997cCDC, , 1998bCDC, , 1999bCDC, , 2000Gottlieb, 1959;Humphrey et al, 1960;Kent and Finegold, 1960;Hattwick et al, 1972;Brass, 1994), including only one from Pennsylvania in 1984(CDC, 1984. This is a death rate of just 0.78 persons/year, 0.02 persons/year for Pennsylvania.…”

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“…In the period from 1951 through 2000, no cases were transmitted from raccoons or foxes, only one case from skunks (CDC, 1983a), and 38 from bats (Sulkin and Greve, 1954;Irons et al, 1957;Gottlieb, 1959;CDC, 1959CDC, , 1979CDC, , 1983bCDC, , 1984CDC, , 1991aCDC, , 1991bCDC, , 1993CDC, , 1994aCDC, , 1994bCDC, , 1995aCDC, , 1995bCDC, , 1996aCDC, , 1996bCDC, , 1997bCDC, , 1997cCDC, , 1998bCDC, , 1999bCDC, , 2000Humphrey et al, 1960;Kent and Finegold, 1960;Hattwick et al, 1972;Brass, 1994). Nevertheless, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and most states, list all these groups as high risk vectors while none include either domestic dogs or cats in this category.…”

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