Volume 8, Number 9—September 2002
Research
Public Health Impact of Reemergence of Rabies, New York
Table 2
Animal species | No. (%) of suspected rabid animalsb | No. (rangec) of humans receiving PET | No. (%) of nonrabid animals | No. (rangec) of humans receiving PET |
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Cat Bat Dog Raccoon Skunk Fox Woodchuck Squirrel Opossum Deer Muskrat Cow Rabbit Rat Ferret Chipmunk Other Unknown Total | 2,373 (27.1) 2,289 (26.1) 2,000 (22.8) 952 (10.9) 160 (1.8) 104 (1.2) 92 (1.1) 73 (0.8) 48 (0.5) 26 (0.3) 15 (0.2) 18 (0.2) 17 (0.2) 16 (0.2) 12 (0.1) 12 (0.2) 104 (1.2) 450 (5.1) 8762 (100) | 2,620 (1–11) 4,181 (1–40) 2,067 (1–15) 1,247 (1– 21) 211 (1–6) 125 (1–3) 99 (1–3) 75 (1–2) 51 (1–2) 32 (1–4) 15 (1 ) 37 (1–2) 18 (1–2) 16 (1) 16 (1–3) 13 (1–2) 133 (1–7) 596 (1–7) 11552 (1–40) | 183 (40.6) 116 (25.7) 49 (10.9) 51 (11.3) 10 (2.2) 6 (1.3) 9 (2.0) 6 (1.3) 2 (0.4) 3 (0.7) 5 (1.1) 1 (0.2) 1 (0.2) 2 (0.4) 3 (0.7) 1 (0.2) 3 (1.2) 0 451 (100) | 220 (1–5) 148 (1–4) 53 (1–3) 67 (1–5) 12 (1–3) 6 (1) 9 (1) 6 (1) 1 (1) 5 (1–2) 6 (1–2) 1 (1) 1 (1) 2 (1) 3 (1) 1 (1) 5 (1) 0 547 (1–5) |
aPET; postexposure treatment.
bRabies status of animals could not be determined by testing (animal not submitted for rabies testing or specimen not testable because of specimen condition)
cRange of number of PETs for a single exposure incident to a potentially rabid animal.
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