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by hodie on 07 January 2011 - 17:01
THURSDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- A newly published case history highlights the importance of rabies vaccinations for pets and animal shelter workers.
The report details a situation involving a stray dog found in rural Minnesota and taken to a North Dakota animal shelter in March 2010. When it was later learned that the dog had rabies, public health officials began an investigation using animal shelter records and a public notification to identify people and animals who may have had contact with the rabid dog.
As a result, post-exposure rabies vaccine was given to 21 people, including nine animal shelter workers and one volunteer. Because of potential contact with the rabid dog, 36 dogs were euthanized, including some that had been housed with the rabid animal and others that might have been exposed and were not up-to-date on their rabies shots.
As of December 2010, there had been no reported cases of rabies in any of the humans or dogs included in the investigation.
Rabies is a fatal disease. Animal shelter workers who may come into contact with rabid animals should consider receiving rabies vaccination before starting their duties, the report authors recommended.
In addition, the case report, which appears in the Jan. 7 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, emphasizes the importance of giving domestic animals routine rabies vaccinations.
SOURCE: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, news release, Jan. 6, 2011
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_107393.html
The report details a situation involving a stray dog found in rural Minnesota and taken to a North Dakota animal shelter in March 2010. When it was later learned that the dog had rabies, public health officials began an investigation using animal shelter records and a public notification to identify people and animals who may have had contact with the rabid dog.
As a result, post-exposure rabies vaccine was given to 21 people, including nine animal shelter workers and one volunteer. Because of potential contact with the rabid dog, 36 dogs were euthanized, including some that had been housed with the rabid animal and others that might have been exposed and were not up-to-date on their rabies shots.
As of December 2010, there had been no reported cases of rabies in any of the humans or dogs included in the investigation.
Rabies is a fatal disease. Animal shelter workers who may come into contact with rabid animals should consider receiving rabies vaccination before starting their duties, the report authors recommended.
In addition, the case report, which appears in the Jan. 7 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, emphasizes the importance of giving domestic animals routine rabies vaccinations.
SOURCE: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, news release, Jan. 6, 2011
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_107393.html
by beetree on 07 January 2011 - 17:01
A good case for support for a necessary vaccine. Those workers are surely grateful for the diligence of the public health workers' investigators. What a fright for them.
by ggturner on 08 January 2011 - 13:01
Rabies is a terrible disease. Vaccinations are a must. What is very troubling is the new mutated strain of rabies in the western areas of the US: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090504-rabies-evolution.html .
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