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Rabies

Rabies is a preventable viral disease of mammals most often transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal. The vast majority of rabies cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) each year occur in wild animals like raccoons, skunks, bats, and foxes. Domestic animals account for less than 10% of the reported rabies cases, with cats, cattle, and dogs most often reported rabid.

Rabies virus infects the central nervous system, causing encephalopathy and ultimately death. Early symptoms of rabies in humans are nonspecific, consisting of fever, headache, and general malaise. As the disease progresses, neurological symptoms appear and may include insomnia, anxiety, confusion, slight or partial paralysis, excitation, hallucinations, agitation, hypersalivation, difficulty swallowing, and hydrophobia (fear of water). Death usually occurs within days of the onset of symptoms.

Arrow Fox Rabies in New Mexico (La Rabia en los Zorros en Nuevo México)

Arrow Manual for Investigation and Control of Communicable Diseases in New Mexico, 2008: Rabies Chapter


New Mexico Rabies Fact Sheets


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2010 Rabies Activity

UPDATED 08/16/2010

 

ArrowAnimal Rabies Map 2010

 

PRESS RELEASES IN NEW MEXICO

 

ArrowRabid Bat, Rio Arriba County (06/29/2010)

ArrowRabid Fox and Raccoon in Sierra County (02/22/2010)


 


New Mexico Rabies Maps

UPDATED 04/13/2010
Striped Skunk

 

Arrow Animal Rabies Map 2009

Arrow Animal Rabies Map 2008

Arrow Animal Rabies Map 2007

Arrow Animal Rabies Map 2006

Arrow Dog Rabies Map 1984-2009

Arrow Cat Rabies Map 1984-2009

Big Brown Bat

Arrow Fox Rabies Map 1984-2009

Arrow Bat Rabies Map 1984-2009

Arrow Skunk Rabies Map 1984-2009

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RESOURCES AND LINKS

ArrowCDC RABIES WEBSITE

Arrow CDC KIDS & RABIES WEBSITE

Arrow LINKS TO RABIES PUBLICATIONS

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