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. 2010 Mar;16(3):527-9.
doi: 10.3201/eid1603.090298.

Terrestrial rabies and human postexposure prophylaxis, New York, USA

Millicent Eidson  1 , Anissa K Bingman
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Terrestrial rabies and human postexposure prophylaxis, New York, USA

Millicent Eidson et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Mar.

Abstract

During 1993-2002, cats accounted for 2.7% of rabid terrestrial animals in New York but for one third of human exposure incidents and treatments. Nonbite exposures and animals of undetermined rabies status accounted for 54% and 56%, respectively, of persons receiving rabies treatments.

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Terrestrial rabies–associated exposure incidents and postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) use, by year, New York (excluding New York City), USA, 1993–2002.
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Rate of postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) use per 100,000 persons per year, by sex and 5-year age groups, New York (excluding New York City), 1998–2002.
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