Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2010

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• Alternative Title:
  J Am Vet Med Assoc
• Personal Author:
  Blanton, Jesse D. ; Palmer, Dustyn ; Dyer, Jessie ; Rupprecht, Charles E. ; Blanton, Jesse D. ; Palmer, Dustyn ; Dyer, Jessie ; Rupprecht, Charles E.
• Description:
  During 2010, 48 states and Puerto Rico reported 6,154 rabid animals and 2 human rabies cases to the CDC, representing an 8% decrease from the 6,690 rabid animals and 4 human cases reported in 2009. Hawaii and Mississippi did not report any laboratory-confirmed rabid animals during 2010. Approximately 92% of reported rabid animals were wildlife. Relative contributions by the major animal groups were as follows: 2,246 raccoons (36.5%), 1,448 skunks (23.5%), 1,430 bats (23.2%), 429 foxes (6.9%), 303 cats (4.9%), 71 cattle (1.1 %), and 69 dogs (1.1 %). Compared with 2009, number of reported rabid animals decreased across all animal types with the exception of a 1 % increase in the number of reported rabid cats. Two cases of rabies involving humans were reported from Louisiana and Wisconsin in 2010. Louisiana reported an imported human rabies case involving a 19-year-old male migrant farm worker who had a history of a vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) bite received while in Mexico. This represents the first human rabies case reported in the United States confirmed to have been caused by a vampire bat rabies virus variant. Wisconsin reported a human rabies case involving a 70-year-old male that was confirmed to have been caused by a rabies virus variant associated with tri-colored bats (Perimyotis subflavus).
• Subjects:
  Aged Animals Animals, Domestic Animals, Wild Bites And Stings Humans Male Population Surveillance Rabies Time Factors Young Adult

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• Source:
  J Am Vet Med Assoc. 239(6):773-783. ; J Am Vet Med Assoc. 239(6):773-783.
• Pubmed ID:
  21916759
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5120392
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Canada ; Mexico ; United States
• Volume:
  239
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a5149a9b28d81b39bb3dbcf64f96394e1a0a9673a0b3e71ae031f85a0c070962
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43105/cdc_43105_DS1.pdf
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