Overview

• Colima’s health department confirmed a man from Tonila, Jalisco died in Colima from rabies after an animal attack in Jalisco in mid-May, with the attacking species not specified.
• The patient reported fatigue and numbness at the bite site, sought care at a private hospital in Colima on August 7, was admitted in critical condition to IMSS Hospital General de Zona 1 on August 17, and died days later.
• For epidemiological registry the case is assigned to Jalisco, while Colima reports no confirmed resident human rabies cases since 1987.
• This death follows the August 24 fatality of a 17-year-old in Zacatecas after a June skunk bite, making two confirmed human rabies deaths in Mexico this month.
• Health officials urge vaccination of dogs, cats, and livestock and remind the public that post-exposure rabies vaccination is available free at public health facilities when sought promptly.