Richard W. Emmons

A Case of Human Rabies with Prolonged Survival

A 2½-year-old boy was severely bitten April 1 1969, by a rabid bobcat in San Diego, Calif. He was promptly treated with duck embryo rabies vaccination but not with rabies antiserum. Clinical rabies de

Rabies Virus in Nasal Mucosa of Naturally Infected Bats

Rabies virus was demonstrated in the olfactory mucosa of naturally infected bats by staining with fluorescent antibody and by isolation of the virus from the nasal tissues. The olfactory mucosa is a potential portal of entry and exit for airborne rabies virus in bat caves.

Natural Herpesvirus hominis infection of a gibbon (Hylobates lar)

Herpesvirus hominis was isolated from the brain of a pet male gibbon (Hylobates lar) which died of apparent encephalitis in April, 1958, in Los Angeles County, California. The source of infection is presumed to have been a human carrying the virus asymptomatically.

Isolation of Western Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus from an Opossum

The first isolation of an arbovirus (western equine encephalo-myelitis virus) from an opossum in the United States is reported.

Isolation of St. Louis encephalitis virus from a naturally-infected gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus.

Summary The virus of St. Louis encephalitis was isolated from the brain of an abnormally-behaving California gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, shot July 27, 1957 in Amador County, California. This represents one of the first known isolations of this virus from a naturally-infected mammal other than man.