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Volume 21, Number 4—April 2015
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Animal-Associated Exposure to Rabies Virus among Travelers, 1997–2012

Philippe GautretComments to Author , Kira Harvey, Prativa Pandey, Poh Lian Lim, Karin Leder, Watcharapong Piyaphanee, Marc Shaw, Susan C. McDonald, Eli Schwartz, Douglas H. Esposito, Philippe Parola, and for the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
Author affiliations: Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France (P. Gautret, P. Parola); Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Marseille (P. Gautret, P. Parola); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (K. Harvey, D.H. Esposito); CIWEC Clinic Travel Medicine Center, Kathmandu, Nepal (P. Pandey); Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore (P.L. Lim); Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore (P.L. Lim); Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (K. Leder); The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia (K. Leder); Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand (W. Piyaphanee); Travellers Health and Vaccination Centre, Auckland, New Zealand (M. Shaw); University Hospital of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada (S.C. McDonald); Tel Hashomer and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel (E. Schwartz)

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Table 2

Countries with 5 highest levels of exposure among 2,697 patients who sought care for animal exposure and received rabies postexposure prophylaxis at GeoSentinel Surveillance Network sites, January 1997–December 2012, by animal species

No.
 Animal, country of exposure, no. (%) exposures
Dog, n = 1,618
 NHP, n = 638
 Cat, n = 271
 Bat, n = 46
 Other, n = 126
 Total, n = 2,697
1 Thailand, 294 (18) Indonesia, 200 (31) Thailand, 59 (22) Indonesia, 7 (15) Thailand, 16 (13) Thailand, 534 (20)
2 Nepal, 198 (12) Thailand, 166 (26) Turkey, 31 (11) French Guyana, 5 (11) India,10 (8) Indonesia, 314 (12)
3 China, 197 (12) Nepal, 82 (13) China, 25 (9) Peru, 4 (9) Indonesia, 10 (8) Nepal, 295 (10)
4 India, 124 (8) India, 43 (7) Indonesia, 17 (6) Mexico, 3 (7) China, 6 (5) China, 241 (9)
5 Indonesia, 80 (5) Vietnam, 21 (3) Algeria, 15 (6) Surinam, 3 (7) Nepal, 6 (5) India, 185 (7)

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1Additional members of the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network who contributed data are listed at the end of this article.

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