Human Rabies — Utah, 2018

Peterson, Dallin; Barbeau, Bree; McCaffrey, Keegan; Gruninger, Randon; Eason, Jeffrey; Burnett, Cindy; Dunn, Angela; Dimond, Melissa; Harbour, Jesse; Rossi, Alessandro; Lopansri, Bert; Dascomb, Kristin; Scribellito, Tara; Moosman, TaLeah; Saw, Louise; Jones, Curtis; Belenky, Michael; Marsden, Lily; Niezgoda, Michael; Gigante, Crystal M.; Condori, Rene Edgar; Ellison, James A.; Orciari, Lillian A.; Yager, Pamela; Bonwitt, Jesse; Whitehouse, Erin R.; Wallace, Ryan M

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Human Rabies — Utah, 2018

Published Date:

February 07 2020

Source:

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 69(5):121-124

Language:

English

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Peterson, Dallin ; Barbeau, Bree ; McCaffrey, Keegan ; Gruninger, Randon ; Eason, Jeffrey ; ... More ▼

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On November 3, 2018, the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) was notified of a suspected human rabies case in a man aged 55 years. The patient's symptoms had begun 18 days earlier, and he was hospitalized for 15 days before rabies was suspected. As his symptoms worsened, he received supportive care, but he died on November 4. On November 7, a diagnosis of rabies was confirmed by CDC. This was the first documented rabies death in a Utah resident since 1944. This report summarizes the patient's clinical course and the subsequent public health investigation, which determined that the patient had handled several bats in the weeks preceding symptom onset. Public health agencies, in partnership with affected health care facilities, identified and assessed the risk to potentially exposed persons, facilitated receipt of postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), and provided education to health care providers and the community about the risk for rabies associated with bats. Human rabies is rare and almost always fatal. The findings from this investigation highlight the importance of early recognition of rabies, improved public awareness of rabies in bats, and the use of innovative tools after mass rabies exposure events to ensure rapid and recommended risk assessment and provision of PEP.

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32027626

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC7004398

Document Type:

Journal Article

Place as Subject:

Utah

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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

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