Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2013

Dyer, Jessie L.; Yager, Pamela; Orciari, Lillian; Greenberg, Lauren; Wallace, Ryan; Hanlon, Cathleen A.; Blanton, Jesse D.

doi:10.2460/javma.245.10.1111

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Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2013

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11 15 2014
By Dyer, Jessie L. ; Yager, Pamela ; Orciari, Lillian ; ...

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J Am Vet Med Assoc
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Dyer, Jessie L. ; Yager, Pamela ; Orciari, Lillian ; Greenberg, Lauren ; Wallace, Ryan ; Hanlon, Cathleen A. ; Blanton, Jesse D.
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During 2013, 53 reporting jurisdictions reported 5,865 rabid animals and 3 human rabies cases to the CDC, representing a 4.8% decrease from the 6,162 rabid animals and 1 human case reported in 2012. Ninety-two percent of reported rabid animals were wildlife. Relative contributions by the major animal groups were as follows: 1,898 raccoons (32.4%), 1,598 bats (27.2%), 1,447 skunks (24.7%), 344 foxes (5.9%), 247 cats (4.2%), 86 cattle (1.5%), and 89 dogs (1.5%). One human case was reported from Maryland. The infection was determined to have been transmitted via organ transplantation. Infection in the organ donor, a North Carolina resident, was retrospectively diagnosed. Both the organ donor and the organ recipient were infected with the raccoon rabies virus variant. The third human case, reported by Texas, involved a Guatemalan resident who was detained while crossing the US border. The infection was determined to be caused by a canine rabies virus variant that circulates in Central America.
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Animals Animals, Domestic Animals, Wild Cat Diseases Cats Cattle Cattle Diseases Chiroptera Dog Diseases Dogs Equidae Foxes Humans Mephitidae Organ Transplantation Population Surveillance Rabies Rabies Vaccines Rabies Virus Raccoons Sentinel Surveillance United States Zoonoses
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J Am Vet Med Assoc. 245(10):1111-1123
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25356711
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PMC5120391
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Journal Article
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CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
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245
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10
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CDC Public Access
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