Human Cases of Rabies Transmitted by a Wolf

Hyung, Sung-Hae; Won, Bong-Ran; Lee, Kyu Myung

Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 1962;2(2):1-3.

Sung-Hae Hyung¹, Bong-Ran Won¹, Kyu Myung Lee²

¹Department of Veterinary Medicine, Chinju Agricultural College
²Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University

낭견(狼犬)의 교상(咬傷)에 의(依)한 광견병발생례(狂犬炳發生例)

형성해¹, 원봉래¹, 이규명²

¹진주농과대학 수의학과
²서울대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실

Abstract

In June, 1957, a rabid wolf near Chinju, Korea attacked and bit 18 persons, and the resulting epidemiologic observations are summarized as follows: (1) Five of 18 persons bitten died of rabies. (2) Ten persons were exposed by bites on the head, of which 5 received Pasteur treatment, and 5 did not. The rabies mortality ratios for these 2 groups were 5:3, and 5:1 respectively. (3) Of 8 persons bitten on the extremities, only one of 5 not receiving Pasteur treatment died of rabies. (4) The incubation period lasted 13 to 17 days, and the clinical course 1 to 2 days.