Update: raccoon rabies epizootic--United States, 1996.
Since 1960, rabies has been reported more frequently in wild animals than in domestic animals in the United States. In 1995, wildlife rabies accounted for 92% of animal rabies cases reported to CDC; approximately 50% of these cases (3964 of 7881 total cases) were associated with raccoons. This report describes the continuing spread of an epizootic of raccoon rabies in affected mid-Atlantic and northeastern states and the spread into Ohio, indicating an increasing move westward despite geographic barriers.
D000818:Animals; D008281:Maine / Q000453:epidemiology; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D009820:Ohio / Q000453:epidemiology; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011821:Raccoons / Q000821:virology*; D012237:Rhode Island / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014707:Vermont / Q000453:epidemiology