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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 126, No. 3: 429-437
Copyright © 1987 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY FROM AN EPIZOOTIC OF RACCOON RABIES IN THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES, 1982-1983

SUZANNE R. JENKINS1, and WILLIAM G. WINKLER2

1Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Viral Diseases Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA.
2Global Epidemic Intelligence Service Program, Office of the Director Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA.

Reprint requests to Dr. Suzanne R. Jenkins, Office of Epidemiology, 109 Governor Street, Room 701, Richmond, VA 23219

Jenkins, S. R. (CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333) and W. G. Winkler. Descriptive epide miology from an epizootic of raccoon rabies in the Middle Atlantic States, 1982-1983. Am J Epidemiol 1987;126:429-37.

During 1982 and 1983, the Centers for Disease Control and cooperating Middle Atlantic States and local health departments collected data on 1,610 raccoons that were submitted for rabies testing and on 133 persons who received rabies postexposure prophylaxis as a result of exposure to wild animats. Raccoons were found most commonly in yards and residential areas. Raccoons that were killed by private citizens, animal-control personnel, or dogs had the highest positivity rate (70%), and those that were trapped had the lowest (9%). Raccoons that were found during the day or that exhibited abnormal behavior and those that had interacted with a domestic animal were more likely to be rabid. Exami nation of the data on human exposure disclosed that many exposures could have been avoided or prevented. Almost 50% of postexposure treatments were ad ministered to persons whose actual risk of exposure was low or nonexistent.

rabies; raccoons


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