title: Human rabies--Connecticut, 1995.
abstract: On October 3, 1995, a 13-year-old girl who resided in Greenwich, Connecticut, died from rabies virus infection. This was the first case of human rabies reported in a Connecticut resident since 1932. This report summarizes the investigation of this case which indicated a bat as the probable source of her exposure.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology; D003237:Connecticut / Q000453:epidemiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011818:Rabies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000302:isolation & purification