Mass treatment of humans who drank unpasteurized milk from rabid cows--Massachusetts, 1996-1998.
Rabies is a viral zoonosis that is usually transmitted by the bite of an infected mammal. However, in Massachusetts, two incidents have been reported since 1996 of potential mass exposures to rabies through drinking unpasteurized milk. This report presents the investigations of these two incidents.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases; D003612:Dairying; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D005511:Food Handling; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts / Q000453:epidemiology; D008892:Milk / Q000821:virology*; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary*; D013242:Sterilization