Rabies
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Rabies Incidence
Facts about rabies:
There are only 3 cases of rabies each year in the US.
About 1 in 100,000,000 people are infected each year in the US.
There are about 7,000 cases of rabies in animals each year:
45 percent of those are raccoons.
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Rabies Symptoms
Related Conditions
Animal bites
Cat bites
Dog bites
Encephalitis
Animal bite of the abdomen
Animal bite of the arm
Animal bite of the back
Animal bite of the buttock
Animal bite of the chest
Animal bite of the face
Animal bite of the foot
Animal bite of the hand
Animal bite of the leg
Animal bite of the neck
Animal bite of the scalp
Animal bite of the trunk
Anxiety
Cat bite of the abdomen
Cat bite of the arm
Cat bite of the back
Cat bite of the buttock
Cat bite of the chest
Cat bite of the face
Cat bite of the foot
Cat bite of the hand
Cat bite of the leg
Cat bite of the neck
Cat bite of the trunk
Confusion
Dog bite of the abdomen
Dog bite of the arm
Dog bite of the back
Dog bite of the buttock
Dog bite of the chest
Dog bite of the face
Dog bite of the foot
Dog bite of the hand
Dog bite of the leg
Dog bite of the neck
Dog bite of the scalp
Dog bite of the trunk
Excessive drooling
Fever
Headache
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Last Updated: Jul 19, 2008
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Rabies References:
Baevsky RH, Bartfield JM. Human rabies: a review. Am J Emerg Med. 1993 May;11(3):279-86.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Human rabies--Florida, 2004. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2005 Aug 12;54(31):767-8.
McKay N, Wallis L. Rabies: a review of UK management. Emerg Med J. 2005 May;22(5):316-21.
