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## gpt-5-1-thinking[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: gpt-5-1-thinking")

### User: How many cases of rabies in the U.S.[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: User: How many cases of rabies in the U.S.")

How many cases of rabies in the U.S. a year?

### Assistant: For humans in the U.S.:[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Assistant: For humans in the U.S.:")

For humans in the U.S.:

*   Human rabies cases: typically 1–3 cases per year are reported nationwide. NFID[[2]](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile&title=Openai%2F6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896#cite_note-2)
*   In recent decades it has never exceeded 10 per year, and many years have zero deaths. CDC[[3]](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile&title=Openai%2F6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896#cite_note-3)

For context (not what you asked, but related):

*   Animal rabies cases: about 4,000 confirmed rabid animals per year, mostly wildlife (bats, raccoons, skunks, foxes). AAHA[[4]](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile&title=Openai%2F6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896#cite_note-4)
*   Roughly 60,000–100,000 people a year in the U.S. get post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) after potential exposure. CDC[[5]](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile&title=Openai%2F6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896#cite_note-5)

### User: How many cases since 1978[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: User: How many cases since 1978")

How many cases since 1978

### Assistant: Short answer: we don’t have an exact published total for “since 1978,” but we can bracket it pretty tightly.[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Assistant: Short answer: we don’t have an exact published total for “since 1978,” but we can bracket it pretty tightly.")

Short answer: we don’t have an exact published total for “since 1978,” but we can bracket it pretty tightly.

What we do know:

*   CDC analysis: 125 human rabies cases in the U.S. from 1960–2018. CDC[[6]](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile&title=Openai%2F6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896#cite_note-6)
*   Classic review: 38 cases from 1960–1979. PubMed[[7]](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile&title=Openai%2F6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896#cite_note-7)
*   So 1980–2018 = 125 − 38 ≈ 87 cases.
*   Recent CDC / surveillance data: - 2019: 0 - 2020: 0 - 2021: 5 deaths Wikipedia[[8]](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile&title=Openai%2F6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896#cite_note-8) - 2022: 0 Wikipedia[[9]](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile&title=Openai%2F6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896#cite_note-9) - 2023: 0 (no human cases in North America) PubMed[[10]](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile&title=Openai%2F6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896#cite_note-10) - 2024: 3 deaths (California, Minnesota, Kentucky) Wikipedia[[11]](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile&title=Openai%2F6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896#cite_note-11) - 2025 so far: 1 transplant-related death People.com[[12]](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile&title=Openai%2F6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896#cite_note-12)

That gives 9 cases from 2019–2025, so 1980–2025 ≈ 87 + 9 = 96 cases.

For 1978–79, we know of at least 4 bat-variant human cases (2 in 1978, 2 in 1979) from CDC/Texas tables, but there were likely a few additional non-bat cases; the detailed year-by-year breakdown for those two years isn’t accessible in a single open table. Texas Health Services[[13]](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile&title=Openai%2F6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896#cite_note-13)

Putting it together:

*   Best estimate for U.S. human rabies cases from 1978 through early 2025: ≈100 cases total (roughly 96–105, depending on the exact 1978–79 count).

So: order of magnitude is about one hundred human cases in nearly 50 years, with only 0–5 per year and many years with none.

## References[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: References")

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12.   [↑](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile&title=Openai%2F6935ad62-1d20-8013-82d6-55bc0e7e0896#cite_ref-12)["People.com"](https://people.com/michigan-patient-dies-rabies-contracting-disease-transplanted-organ-11704146). people.com. Retrieved 2025-12-07.
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