The ascension of wildlife rabies: a cause for public health concern or intervention?

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Rupprecht, C. E. ; Smith, J. S. ; Fekadu, M. ; Childs, J. E.
• Description:
  The epidemiology of rabies in the United States has changed substantially during the last half century, as the source of the disease has changed from domesticated animals to wildlife, principally raccoons, skunks, foxes, and bats. Moreover, the changes observed among affected wildlife populations have not occurred without human influence. Rather, human attraction to the recreational and economic resources provided by wildlife has contributed to the reemergence of rabies as a major zoonosis. Although human deaths caused by rabies have declined recently to an average of one or two per year, the estimated costs associated with the decrease in deaths amount to hundreds of millions of dollars annually. In future efforts to control rabies harbored by free-ranging animal reservoirs, public health professionals will have to apply imaginative, safe, and cost-effective solutions to this age-old malady in addition to using traditional measures.
• Subjects:
  Animals Animals, Wild Cats Chiroptera Disease Outbreaks Disease Reservoirs Disease Transmission, Infectious Dogs Foxes History, 18Th Century History, 19Th Century History, 20Th Century Humans Mephitidae Population Surveillance Public Health Rabies Raccoons Recreation Rhabdoviridae Infections Vaccination

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 1(4):107-114.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Historical Article
• Volume:
  1
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:bd9c2f12d92a104a99a0092d7f97847fe4d37e270ea4028e891ad966db9ddad9
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/3694/cdc_3694_DS1.pdf
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