Defining County-Level Terrestrial Rabies Freedom Using the US National Rabies Surveillance System: Surveillance Data Analysis

• Main Authors: Amber Kunkel (Author), Gabriella Veytsel (Author), Sarah Bonaparte (Author), Haillie Meek (Author), Xiaoyue Ma (Author), Amy J Davis (Author), Jesse Bonwitt (Author), Ryan M Wallace (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundRabies is a deadly zoonotic disease with nearly 100% fatality rate. In the United States, rabies virus persists in wildlife reservoirs, with occasional spillover into humans and domestic animals. The distribution of reservoir hosts in US counties plays an important role in public health de...