Rabies: A Forgotten Killer: Greatest Risk from Wildlife, Especially Bats: CDC Vital Signs: June 12, 2019

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Associate Director for Communications.
• Description:
  Rabies is a virus that infects wildlife, especially bats, raccoons, skunks and foxes in the US. It can spread to people and pets when they are bitten or scratched, causing fever, agitation and death. Rabies is 100% preventable with post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) that includes rabies vaccine and medications to fight infection, as long as people get PEP before symptoms start. Understanding the risk and knowing what to do after contact with wildlife can save lives.
  
  vs-0612-wildlife-rabies-H.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Animals, Wild Chiroptera Rabies
• Series:
  Vital Signs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f327662b7f7167d28ae346386ddfe1085458c028a835371c2aeaf6271c39279925fb25fdd63ce6517817372c7044006834ea01f598bbaa83b3ef5eabe3ea6547
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/79116/cdc_79116_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.34 MB ]