16. Human Rabies Rabies hysteria Rabies hysteria Folklore Folklore –Werewolf –Vampires –Almost science fiction

20. Human Rabies Globally - > 35,000 fatalities per year. Globally - > 35,000 fatalities per year.

22. Legend to Prior Graph Human cases=32 Human cases=32 Acquired abroad, due to dog rabies= 6 Acquired abroad, due to dog rabies= 6 Acquired in US= 26 Acquired in US= 26 –Due to canine rabies= 2 –Due to bat rabies= 24 »Silver-haired bat/ Pipistrelle (Lasionycterus noctivagans/ Pipisstrellus subflavus)= 17 Ln/P »Mexican Freetail (Tadarida brasiliensis) = 5 T.b. »Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus)= 1 E.f. »Western Myotis (Myotis ciliolabrum)= 1 M.b. Data Complied by NYSDOH, Wadsworth Center, Rabies Laboratory (12/4/00) Data Complied by NYSDOH, Wadsworth Center, Rabies Laboratory (12/4/00)

23. 1990-Present Human Rabies Cases Following the pattern of human rabies cases has led to a revised bat encounter guidelines and practices issued by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Please refer to the Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report, Vol. 48, No RR-1, January 8, 1999 for the most recent national recommendations.

25. Dog in quarantine