![]() Between 19, 32 cases of human rabies were diagnosed in the United States, 17 of which occurred after a contact with an indigenous bat (of which only two patients had a definite bite), 14 cases after a dog bite and one after a skunk bite ( 3). ![]() While knowledge about the risk of rabies associated with a bite from a terrestrial animal seems relatively adequate among the general public and medical care providers, a lack of information may exist regarding the risk of human rabies following contact with a bat. In North America and Europe, human rabies has become a very rare disease, because of the systematic vaccination of domestic animals, massive vaccination campaigns of wild animals, efficacy of rabies postexposure prophylaxis (RPEP) and education programs ( 1, 2). Rabies is a zoonosis responsible for more than 50,000 human deaths every year worldwide, as reported by the World Health Organization.
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