title: Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2012.
abstract: SUMMARY-During 2012, 49 states and Puerto Rico reported 6,162 rabid animals and 1 human rabies case to the CDC, representing a 2.1% increase from the 6,031 rabid animals and 6 human cases reported in 2011. Approximately 92% of reported rabid animals were wildlife. Relative contributions by the major animal groups were as follows: 1,953 raccoons (31.7%), 1,680 bats (27.3%), 1,539 skunks (25.0%), 340 foxes (5.5%), 257 cats (4.2%), 115 cattle (1.9%), and 84 dogs (1.4%). Compared with 2011, there was a substantial increase in the number of rabid cattle reported. One case of rabies involving a human was reported from California after the patient died abroad. The infection was determined to be a result of a rabies virus variant associated with Tadarida brasiliensis, with exposure occurring in California.
authors.affiliation: Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease, CDC, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Jessie L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Dyer
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: Lillian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Orciari
authors.forename: Dillon
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hightower
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yager
authors.forename: Jesse D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Blanton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000835:Animals, Wild; D006801:Humans; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology