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Rabies Surveillance

Confirmed Cases of Rabies in Utah

Year 2018 2019 2020 2021
DOMESTIC-TOTAL 0 0 0 0
Dog 0 0 0 0
Cat 0 0 0 0
Ferret 0 0 0 0
WILDLIFE-TOTAL 14 12 15 19
Bat* 14 12 14 18

*Primary reservoir host in the state

Rabies surveillance in the United States (2018-2021)
Ma X, et al. From the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Published in:  Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
(2018 data):  256(2):195-208 (Jan 15, 2020)
(2019 data):  258(11):1205-1220 (Jun 1, 2021)
(2020 data):  260(10):1157-1165 (July 2022)
(2021 data): 261(7):1045-1053 (July 2023)

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Rabies References

National References
  1. Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2016. National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. JAVMA March 1, 2016. Vol 248. No 5, pp. 505-517. Click here to view online.
  2. Rabies: a neglected zoonotic disease. World Health Organization. 2013. Click here to view online.
  3. Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2011. National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. Released May 31, 2011. Click here to view online.
  4. Wasik B and Murphy M. RABID A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus. Viking (Penguin Group), New York, 2012.
  5. The Rabies Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University. Click here to view online.
  6. Greene CE. Rabies and other Lyssavirus infections. Chapt 20 in CE Greene (ed): Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat. 4th Ed. Elsevier-Saunders, St. Louis, 2012, pp. 179-197.