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Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2011Jesse D Blanton
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease, CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 241:712-22. 2012..Three cases reported from Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York were determined to be a result of canine rabies virus variants acquired outside the United States...
Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2010Jesse D Blanton
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 239:773-83. 2011..Wisconsin reported a human rabies case involving a 70-year-old male that was confirmed to have been caused by a rabies virus variant associated with tri-colored bats (Perimyotis subflavus)...
Rabies postexposure prophylaxis, New York, 1995-2000Jesse D Blanton
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 11:1921-7. 2005..Bats accounted for 30% of exposures, more than any other group of animals; consequently, bats have replaced raccoons as the leading rabies exposure source to humans in this area...
Vaccination of small Asian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) against rabiesJesse D Blanton
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia, 30333, USA
J Wildl Dis 42:663-6. 2006..V-RG vaccine, additional investigations will be necessary to determine the optimal dose and duration of vaccination, as well as incorporation of the SPBNGA-S vaccine into edible bait...
Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2009Jesse D Blanton
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 237:646-57. 2010..The Indiana and Michigan cases were associated with bat rabies virus variants. The human rabies case in Virginia was associated with a canine rabies virus variant acquired during the patient's travel to India...
Oral vaccination of raccoons (Procyon lotor) with genetically modified rabies virus vaccinesJesse D Blanton
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Vaccine 25:7296-300. 2007..Additional studies will be needed to determine the duration of immunity and optimal dosage of SPBNGAS-GAS and to examine its efficacy in other reservoir species...
Travel vaccination for rabiesJesse D Blanton
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Expert Rev Vaccines 7:613-20. 2008..Travelers to countries where rabies is prevalent should balance the cost and inconvenience of immunization to the benefits of rabies pre-exposure vaccination...
Development of a GIS-based, real-time Internet mapping tool for rabies surveillanceJesse D Blanton
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Int J Health Geogr 5:47. 2006..This surveillance system, RabID, provides a new resource for the rapid mapping and dissemination of data on animal rabies cases in relation to unaffected, enzootic, and baited areas where current interventions are underway...
Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2007Jesse D Blanton
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Coordinating Center for Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 233:884-97. 2008..One human rabies case was reported from Minnesota during 2007. Although typing of the rabies virus variant in this case was not possible, an investigation of this case indicated a bat as the most likely source of exposure...
Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2006Jesse D Blanton
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Coordinating Center for Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 231:540-56. 2007..The cases in Indiana and Texas were attributed to bat rabies virus variants, whereas the case in California was attributed to an exposure to a dog in the Philippines...
Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2005Jesse D Blanton
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 229:1897-911. 2006..8%, and rabies in domestic animals decreased 37.5%. One case of human rabies was reported from Mississippi during 2005. This case was submitted by the state to the CDC's unexplained deaths project and diagnosed as rabies retrospectively...
Enzootic rabies elimination from dogs and reemergence in wild terrestrial carnivores, United StatesAndres Velasco-Villa
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 14:1849-54. 2008....
Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2008Jesse D Blanton
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Coordinating Center for Infectious Disease, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 235:676-89. 2009..The case in Missouri was attributed to a rabies virus variant associated with eastern pipistrelle and silver-haired bats...
Evaluation of a new serological technique for detecting rabies virus antibodies following vaccinationXiaoyue Ma
Rabies Program, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
Vaccine 30:5358-62. 2012..The sensitivity and specificity for field animal samples was 96% and 95%, respectively. The preliminary results from this study appear promising and demonstrate a higher sensitivity than traditional ELISA methods...
New rabies virus variant in Mexican immigrantAndres Velasco-Villa
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 14:1906-8. 2008..Enhanced surveillance is needed to elucidate likely reservoirs...
A spatial model to forecast raccoon rabies emergenceSergio Recuenco
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 12:126-37. 2012..Predicted high susceptibility areas matched historical surveillance data. We discuss model implications to the spatial dynamics and spread of raccoon rabies, and its application for designing more efficient disease control interventions...
Rabies virus pathogenesis in relationship to intervention with inactivated and attenuated rabies vaccinesRichard Franka
Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Vaccine 27:7149-55. 2009..Reduced vaccine schedules provided efficacious intervention, regardless of the total number of vaccine doses administered...
Time series analysis of the impact of oral vaccination on raccoon rabies in West Virginia, 1990-2007Xiaoyue Ma
Rabies Program, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 10:801-9. 2010..The results of the model indicate that the effect of the ORV intervention to control raccoon rabies was statistically significant. ORV should be attempted in other enzootic raccoon rabies areas...
Evaluation of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of deer owners following identification of a cluster of captive deer with rabies in Pennsylvania in July 2010Danielle M Tack
Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Scientific Education and Professional Development Program Office, CDC, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333
J Am Vet Med Assoc 242:1279-85. 2013..Rabies educational materials for deer owners should focus on postexposure procedures, disease severity, recognition of rabies in deer, and changes in management practices such as vaccination to prevent rabies...
A new phylogenetic lineage of rabies virus associated with western pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus hesperus)Richard Franka
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, DVRD VRZB Rabies, G33, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Gen Virol 87:2309-21. 2006....
Efficacy of rabies biologics against new lyssaviruses from EurasiaCathleen A Hanlon
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Rabies Team, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Virus Res 111:44-54. 2005..The potential impact of these new lyssaviruses on human and domestic animal health and the impact on the putative bat reservoir populations will require further field and laboratory investigation...
The global availability of rabies immune globulin and rabies vaccine in clinics providing direct care to travelersEmily S Jentes
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Travel Med 20:148-58. 2013..Rabies, which is globally endemic, poses a risk to international travelers. To improve recommendations for travelers, we assessed the global availability of rabies vaccine (RV) and rabies immune globulin (RIG)...
Rabies in captive deer, Pennsylvania, USA, 2007-2010Brett W Petersen
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 18:138-41. 2012..Vaccination of deer against rabies, decreasing wildlife animal contact with deer, and education of deer farmers may prevent further cases of rabies in captive deer and exposures to humans...
Epidemiology of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis--United States of America, 2006-2008Kira A Christian
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Career Development Division, Epidemic Intelligence Service, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Vaccine 27:7156-61. 2009..The United States of America (USA) does not have a national reporting system for rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). We describe the epidemiology of PEP in the USA so recommendations can be made during a PEP shortage...
Community survey after rabies outbreaks, Flagstaff, Arizona, USAAndrea M McCollum
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 18:932-8. 2012..These results will be useful to communities experiencing rabies outbreaks as well as those at current risk...
