[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Rabies
- From: "Deena Canals" <dc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:39:24 -0500
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/rabies/Professional/professi.htm
(there are some good maps showing where the most cases are, and one showing
which is the most prevalent virus.)
Summary- During 2004, 49 states and Puerto Rico reported 6,836 cases of
rabies in nonhuman animals and 8 cases in human beings to the CDC,
representing a 4.6% decrease from the 7,170 cases in nonhuman animals and
3 cases in human beings reported in 2003. Approximately 92% of the cases
were in wildlife, and 8% were in domestic animals (compared with 91% and 9%,
respectively, in 2003). Relative contributions by the major animal groups
were as follows: 2,564 raccoons (37.5%), 1,856 skunks (27.1%), 1,361 bats
(19.9%), 389 foxes (5.7%), 281 cats (4.1%), 115 cattle (1.7%), and 94 dogs
(1.4%). Compared with the numbers of reported cases in 2003, cases in 2004
decreased among all groups, except bats, cattle, human beings, and "other
domestics" (1 llama). Decreases in numbers of rabid raccoons during 2004
were reported by 12 of the 20 eastern states in which raccoon rabies was
enzootic. In the East, Massachusetts reported the first cases of raccoon
rabies detected beyond the Cape Cod oral rabies vaccine barrier. Along the
western edge of the raccoon rabies epizootic (Ohio in the north and
Tennessee in the south), cases of rabies were reported from unexpected new
foci beyond oral rabies vaccine zones. On a national level, the number of
rabies cases in skunks during 2004 decreased by 12.1% from the number
reported in 2003. Once again, Texas reported the greatest number (n = 534)
of rabid skunks and the greatest overall state total of rabies cases (913).
Texas reported only 1 case of rabies in a dog that was infected with the
dog/coyote rabies virus variant and only 22 cases associated with the Texas
gray fox rabies virus variant (compared with 61 cases in 2003). The total
number of cases of rabies reported nationally in foxes and raccoons declined
14.7% and 2.7%, respectively, during 2004. The 1,361 cases of rabies
reported in bats during 2004 represented a 12.3% increase over the previous
year's total of 1,212 cases for this group of mammals. Cases of rabies
reported in cats, dogs, horses and mules, and sheep and goats decreased
12.5%, 19.7%, 31.8%, and 16.7%, respectively, whereas cases reported in
cattle increased 17.4%. In Puerto Rico, reported cases of rabies in
mongooses decreased 4.1% and rabies in dogs (9 cases) remained unchanged
from those reported in 2003. Among the 8 cases of rabies in human beings, 1
person from Oklahoma and 3 from Texas died following receipt
of infected organs and tissues from an Arkansas donor. In California, a
person originally from El Salvador and, in Florida, a person originally from
Haiti both died of canine rabies infections acquired outside the United
States. In Wisconsin, a teenager contracted rabies from a bat bite and
became the first known person to survive rabies despite not having received
rabies vaccine prior to symptom onset.
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