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. 2011 Sep 15;239(6):773-83.
doi: 10.2460/javma.239.6.773.

Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2010

Jesse D Blanton  1 , Dustyn Palmer, Jessie Dyer, Charles E Rupprecht
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Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2010

Jesse D Blanton et al. J Am Vet Med Assoc. .

Abstract

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).

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Figure 1
Distribution of major rabies virus variants among mesocarnivore reservoirs in the United States and Puerto Rico, 2010.
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Figure 2
Cases of rabies among wildlife in the United States, by year and species, 1960 to 2010.
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Figure 3
Reported cases of rabies involving raccoons, by county, 2010. Histogram represents numbers of counties in each category for total number of raccoons submitted for testing.
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Figure 4
Reported cases of rabies involving bats, by county, 2010. Histogram represents numbers of counties in each category for total number of bats submitted for testing.
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Figure 5
Reported cases of rabies involving skunks, by county, 2010. Histogram represents numbers of counties in each category for total number of skunks submitted for testing.
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Figure 6
Reported cases of rabies involving foxes, by county, 2010. Histogram represents numbers of counties in each category for total number of foxes submitted for testing.
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Figure 7
Reported cases of rabies involving cats and dogs, by county and municipio (Puerto Rico), 2010. Histogram represents numbers of counties in each category for total number of cats and dogs submitted for testing.
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