Volume 18, Number 10—October 2012
Dispatch
Monkey Bites among US Military Members, Afghanistan, 2011
Table
Characteristics of US military members bitten by monkeys, eastern Afghanistan, September–December, 2011*
| Patient no. | Age, y/sex | Military branch | Treatment received |
Monkey ownership | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wound care | Valacyclovir | Antimicrobial drug | Tetanus vaccine | Rabies vaccine, HRIG | ||||
| 1 | 39/M | Army | – | + | + | + | + | ANSF |
| 2 | 27/M | Army | + | + | + | + | + | CIV† |
| 3 | 22/M | Army | – | + | + | – | + | CIV |
| 4 | 44/F | Army | + | – | + | – | – | CIV |
| 5 | 31/M | Army | + | – | + | + | + | ANSF |
| 6 | 26/M | Air Force | + | – | – | – | – | US military |
| 7 | 26/M | Army | – | + | – | – | + | ANSF |
| 8 | 27/M | Army | + | – | + | + | + | ANSF |
| 9 | 22/M | Army | – | – | + | – | + | Unknown |
| 10 | 25/F | Air Force | + | + | + | – | + | Unknown |
*HRIG, human rabies immunoglobulin; –, not administered; +, administered; ANSF, Afghan National Security Forces; CIV, Afghan civilian.
†Monkey euthanized. Brain, tested at US Army Veterinary Laboratory Europe, was negative for rabies and B-virus.
1Current affiliation: Army Health Clinic, Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, USA.
2Current affiliation: General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, USA.
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