Stay away from bats, officials warn: The CDC reports bats are responsible for 7 out of 10 rabies deaths in the U.S., more than any other animal.
Staying away from wildlife, especially bats, is key to preventing rabies in people. Rabies-carrying bats can be found in every U.S. state except Hawaii, and they can spread the potentially deadly virus year-round."Bats play a critical role in our ecosystem and it is important people know that most of the bats in the U.S. arerabid," lead researcher Dr. Emily Pieracci, a CDC veterinarian, stressed in an agency news release.
"Mass dog vaccination programs started in the 1950s and by 2004, these programs had eliminated the type of rabies that normally circulates in dogs," Dr. Anne Schuchat, the CDC's principal deputy director, said in a Wednesday media briefing."Reducing rabies in dogs is a remarkable achievement of the U.S. public health system, but with this deadly disease still present in thousands of wild animals, it's important that Americans are aware of the risk," CDC Director Dr.
In fact, since the 1990s, three times more rabid cats have been reported in the United States than rabid dogs, Pieracci said in the briefing. In fact, encounters with dogs while traveling overseas are the second-leading cause of rabies cases in Americans, the CDC said.
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