**3. Results**

A total of 108 cases of human rabies were reported in the United States from 1960 through 2010 (Table 1). One hundred and four cases (96%) died and 4 (4%) survived. Fifty-three cases were diagnosed antemortem while 55 cases were diagnosed postmortem. Fifty-one of the cases diagnosed antemortem had positive laboratory diagnostic test results with the remaining 2 cases diagnosed based on the signs, symptoms, and clinical history alone
