Massachusetts man in critical condition in state's first human rabies case in 75 years- Dies

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Source: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/30...e-in-75-years/

Massachusetts man in critical condition in state's first human rabies case in 75 years
December 30th, 2011
01:59 PM ET


A Massachusetts man is in critical condition after contracting rabies, the state?s first human case of the disease in 75 years, a Public Health Department spokesman confirmed to CNN on Friday.

The Barnstable County man is in his 60s and is not being identified, Health Department spokesman John Jacobs said.

Health officials suspect the man, who is in Cape Cod Hospital, contracted the virus from a bat at his residence. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are performing tests to confirm the species, according to a Health Department news release...

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Re: Massachusetts man in critical condition in state's first human rabies case in 75 years

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8021QE20120103

Masschusetts rabies case blamed on little brown myotis bat
By Zach Howard

CONWAY, Mass | Tue Jan 3, 2012 4:48pm EST

CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - A Massachusetts man critically ill with the first reported case of human rabies in state since 1935 was infected by a type of bat called a little brown myotis, state health officials said on Tuesday...

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Re: Massachusetts man in critical condition in state's first human rabies case in 75 years- Dies

Source: http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pb...315/-1/NEWSMAP

Rabies killed Marstons Mills man
By Cynthia Mccormick
cmccormick@capecodonline.com
January 28, 2012

MARSTONS MILLS ? For weeks, Marstons Mills residents wondered about the identity of the Barnstable man suffering from rabies in a Boston hospital.

At the tiny Liberty Hall community center in this picturesque village, people wondered, "Doesn't anybody know who it is?" said Al Baker of the Marstons Mills Historical Society.

This week they learned the sad truth.

It was one of their own, Kevin A. Galvin, 63...