Volume 16, Number 3—March 2010
Dispatch
Terrestrial Rabies and Human Postexposure Prophylaxis, New York, USA
Table 2
Terrestrial rabies–associated exposure incidents, number of rabid animals, and PEP use, by type of animal, New York, USA, 1993–2002*
Animal | No. exposure incidents | Total no. rabid animals | PEP use |
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Total no. uses | No. related to untested animals | No. related to nonbite incidentss† | |||
Wild | |||||
Raccoon | 3,298 | 8,318 | 5,210 | 1,488 | 4,534 |
Fox | 398 | 390 | 620 | 187 | 318 |
Skunk | 637 | 1,894 | 987 | 302 | 839 |
Other |
544 |
152 |
655 |
453 |
328 |
Domestic | |||||
Dog | 3,052 | 28 | 3,435 | 2,930 | 467 |
Cat | 4,266 | 303 | 5,777 | 3,907 | 2,119 |
Other |
187 |
143 |
668 |
63 |
625 |
Other/unknown |
622 |
7 |
802 |
767 |
519 |
Total | 13,004 | 11,235 | 18,154 | 10,097 | 9,749 |
*Each rabies exposure situation in which >1 persons underwent PEP was defined as an incident. Excludes New York, NY. PEP, postexposure prophylaxis.
†Scratches, saliva/nervous system tissue exposure, mucous membrane exposure, indirect exposure, or unknown.