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| Rabies |
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| In 2006, 49 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico tested over 113,000 animals and reported 6,940 cases of rabies in animals and three human cases to CDC; (Hawaii is the only state that is rabies free). The total number of reported cases increased by 8.2% from those reported in 2005 (6,418 cases) |
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| ANIMAL |
# OF CASES |
PERCENT OF TOTAL CASES |
| Raccoons |
2,615 |
37.7% |
| Bats |
1,692 |
24.4% |
| Skunks |
1,494 |
21.5% |
| Foxes |
427 |
6.2% |
| Cats |
318 |
4.6% |
| Cattle |
82 |
s1.2% |
| Dogs |
79 |
1.1% |
| Others |
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3.3% |
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| Table 1. 2006 U.S. Cases of Rabies by Type of Animal. (Vet Med Today: Public Veterinary Medicine JAVMA, Vol 231, No. 4, August 15, 2007.) |
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| Distribution of major rabies virus variants among wild terrestrial reservoirs in the United States and Puerto Rico from 2006 surveillance data. (Vet Med Today: Public Veterinary Medicine JAVMA, Vol 231, No. 4, August 15, 2007.) |
