Citation

MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. 1961; 10(3): 2.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1961, (in public domain), Publisher U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

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Abstract

A 76-year-old man died in a Yuma, Arizona hospital on January 20, 1961, of what was believed to have been rabies. Forty-four days earlier he had been bitten by a rabid dog near the Imperial Dam, Bard, Imperial County, California. Onset of illness was 31 days after the bite and death occurred on the 13th day after onset. The victim incurred a 5 inch bite wound on the right wrist when the dog jumped from a bank above and attacked him on Decem­ber 7, I960. The bite wound was washed with Phisohex and Zipherin Chloride on the day of the attack and ad­ ministration of a 14 dose course of duck embryo rabies vaccine was begun 6 days after the bite. Microscopic examination of the dog's brain revealed typical Negri-bodies and 6 out of 8 inoculated mice were dead by the 16th post-inoculation day. The dog brain and brain of the inoculated mice were fluorescent antibody positive. Diag­nosis in the human case was confirmed on January 24, 1961 by the finding of typical Negri-bodies on micro­scopic examination of human brain material by the State Department of Public Health.