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  2. Prevalence of rabies - Wikipedia

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    In the midwestern United States, skunks are the primary carriers of rabies. [49] The most widely distributed reservoir of rabies in the United States, however, and the source of most human cases in the U.S., are bats. All five of the human rabies cases in the Midwest from 2009 to 2018 were identified genetically as strains of rabies from bats. [56]

  3. Rabies - Wikipedia

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    Rabies cases in humans and domestic animals – United States, 1938–2018. Canine-specific rabies has been eradicated in the United States, but rabies is common among wild animals, and an average of 100 dogs become infected from other wildlife each year. [113] [114]

  4. Rabies in animals - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, domestic cats are the most commonly reported rabid animal. [17] In the United States, as of 2008, between 200 and 300 cases are reported annually; [18] in 2017, 276 cats with rabies were reported. [19] As of 2010, in every year since 1990, reported cases of rabies in cats outnumbered cases of rabies in dogs. [17]

  5. Do I need to be worried about rabies? Here's what to know. - AOL

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    In the United States, bats are one of the major vectors of rabies, as are raccoons, skunks and foxes. Previously, dogs and cats were spreaders of rabies, however, thanks to successful vaccination ...

  6. Almost 1,500 cases of exposure to rabies confirmed in Florida ...

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    Most pets get rabies from having contact with wildlife. Because laws require dogs to be vaccinated for rabies in the United States, dogs make up about 1% of rabid animals reported each year in the ...

  7. Rabies virus - Wikipedia

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    Bat rabies in North America appears to have been present since 1281 AD (95% confidence interval: 906–1577 AD). [43] The rabies virus appears to have undergone an evolutionary shift in hosts from Chiroptera to a species of Carnivora (i.e. raccoon or skunk) as a result of an homologous recombination event that occurred hundreds of years ago. [44]

  8. In effort to prevent rabies, CDC launches new rules for ... - AOL

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    Dog rabies was eliminated in the United States in 2007, but the virus remains endemic in more than 100 countries, according to the CDC, and unvaccinated dogs can still contract the disease from ...

  9. Fatal dog attacks in the United States - Wikipedia

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    According to the National Center for Health Statistics, there were 468 deaths in the United States from being bitten or struck by a dog between 2011 and 2021. [2] This is an average of 43 deaths annually, ranging from a low of 31 deaths in 2016 and a high of 81 deaths in 2021. [ 2 ]