Terrestrial Rabies and Human Postexposure Prophylaxis,New York,USA |
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| Authors: | Millicent Eidson Anissa K. Bingman |
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| Affiliation: | University at Albany School of Public Health, Rensselaer, New York, USA (M. Eidson, A. Bingman);New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA (M. Eidson) |
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| Abstract: | ![]()
During 1993–2002, cats accounted for 2.7% of rabid terrestrial animals in New York but for one third of human exposure incidents and treatments. Nonbite exposures and animals of undetermined rabies status accounted for 54% and 56%, respectively, of persons receiving rabies treatments. |
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| Keywords: | rabies lyssavirus neurologic disorder animals New York viruses zoonoses viruses dispatch |
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