Rabies still deadly

During 2004, an unvaccinated Wisconsin patient received a new medical treatment and became the first documented survivor of rabies who had not received preexposure vaccination or postexposure prophylaxis. In today's MMWR is a report of three additional cases treated with the 'Wisconsin protocol' who failed to survive. Rabies should still be considered deadly and after any unprovoked bite, specially from a bat, rabies prophylaxis should be started immediately.