Table 1.

Indigenously acquired cases of human rabies from bats in the US and Canada (1950–2009)^*

Occurrence of cases by decade	Cases (n)
1950–1959	7
1960–1969	1
1970–1979	9
1980–1989	3
1990–1999	20
2000–2009	20
Total	60
Type of case
Bite or scratch	23 (38.3%)
Direct contact with no recognized bite	11 (18.3%)
House exposure but no direct contact	6 (10.0%)
No history of bat contact	20 (33.3%)
Total	60

Note:

^*Data from Blanton et al,⁶⁴ De Serres et al,⁹³ and Pue et al.⁹⁴