title: Bat rabies in Massachusetts, USA, 1985-2009.
abstract: To investigate rabies in Massachusetts, we analyzed bat rabies test results before and after introduction of raccoon variant rabies and after release of revised 1999 US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendations for rabies postexposure prophylaxis. Bat submissions were associated with level of rabies awareness and specific postexposure recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02130, USA. xingtai.wang@state.ma.us
authors.forename: Xingtai
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: DeMaria
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Smole
authors.forename: Catherine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D008404:Massachusetts / Q000453:epidemiology; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012189:Retrospective Studies