Rabies surveillance in the United States during 1991.
In 1991, 49 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico reported 6,972 cases of rabies in nonhuman animals and 3 cases in human beings to the Centers for Disease Control. Ninety-one percent (6,354 cases) were wild animals, whereas 8.9% (618 cases) were domestic species. The total number of reported cases of rabies increased 42.9% over that of 1990 (4,881 cases), with most of the increase resulting from continued spread of the epizootic of rabies in raccoons in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern states. Large increases in cases of rabies in animals were reported from Connecticut (200 cases in 1991, compared with 3 in 1990, an increase of 6,567%), Delaware (197 cases in 1991, compared with 44 in 1990, an increase of 348%), New York (1,303 cases in 1991, compared with 242 in 1990, an increase of 326%), and New Jersey (994 cases in 1991, compared with 469 in 1990, an increase of 112%). Other noteworthy increases were reported by Wyoming (96.4%), Texas (69.7%), California (41.3%), Oklahoma (33.1%), Minnesota (31.4%), Georgia (26.7%), and Maryland (23.7%). Hawaii reported 1 imported case of rabies in a bat. Only 16 states reported decreases in rabies in animals in 1991, compared with 30 in 1990. Pennsylvania and Iowa reported decreases of 40.6% and 27.4%, respectively. Rhode Island was the only state that did not report a case of rabies in 1991.
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Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000835:Animals, Wild; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002335:Carnivora; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D002685:Chiroptera; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary; D012621:Seasons; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology