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- Title
Skunk Rabies: The Risk to Man--or Never Trust a Skunk.
- Authors
Hattwick, Michael A. W.; Marcuse, Edgar K.; Britt, Michael R.; Zehmer, Reynoldson B.; Currier II, Russell W.; Elledge, William N.
- Abstract
Skunks are now the most frequently reported rabid animal in the United States and the major source of human rabies. The skunk's adaptability to living near man and its use as a pet increase the potential for human exposure to rabies. Since 1958, reports of 131 rabid or possibly rabid pet skunks have been received by the Center for Disease Control, One hundred eighty-two humans are known to have received bites from these skunks. The most recent episode involved 366 persons and 69 possibly rabid skunks. The ecology o( rabies in wild skunks indicates that these animals will continue to be a threat to man in the near future. However, control of breeding, quarantine, and vaccination could prevent the sale of rabid pet skunks.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SKUNKS; CARNIVORA; SKUNKS as pets; RABIES; PUBLIC health; VIRUS diseases; VACCINATION; NATIONAL Institute for Occupational Safety &; Health
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1973, Vol 63, Issue 12, p1080
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.63.12.1080