TY - JOUR AU - Robbins, Amy AU - Eidson, Millicent AU - Keegan, Mary AU - Sackett, Douglas AU - Laniewicz, Brian T1 - Bat Incidents at Children’s Camps, New York State, 1998–2002 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2005 VL - 11 IS - 2 SP - 302 SN - 1080-6059 AB - From 1998 to 2002, a total of 299 bat incidents were reported at 109 children’s camps in New York; 1,429 campers and staff were involved, and 461 persons received rabies treatment. In 53.8% of the incidents, the bat was captured and samples tested negative for rabies virus, which resulted in 61.3% of persons not receiving rabies treatment. KW - rabies KW - rabies vaccine KW - bats KW - chiroptera KW - public health surveillance KW - environmental exposure KW - dispatch KW - New York KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1102.040709 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/2/04-0709_article ER - End of Reference