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After being declared rabies-free in 1997, Italy say a new epidemic of rabies in 2008-2011, occurring in foxes in north-eastern Italy. [109] The country was again declared rabies-free in 2013. [ 110 ] However, an isolated rabies case occurred in 2020, when a rabid cat was discovered in the Arezzo province. [ 110 ]
In the United States, domestic cats are the most commonly reported rabid animal. [17] In the United States, as of 2008, between 200 and 300 cases are reported annually; [18] in 2017, 276 cats with rabies were reported. [19] As of 2010, in every year since 1990, reported cases of rabies in cats outnumbered cases of rabies in dogs. [17]
Rabies causes about 59,000 deaths worldwide per year, [6] about 40% of which are in children under the age of 15. [16] More than 95% of human deaths from rabies occur in Africa and Asia. [1] Rabies is present in more than 150 countries and on all continents but Antarctica. [1] More than 3 billion people live in regions of the world where rabies ...
Bat rabies in North America appears to have been present since 1281 AD (95% confidence interval: 906–1577 AD). [43] The rabies virus appears to have undergone an evolutionary shift in hosts from Chiroptera to a species of Carnivora (i.e. raccoon or skunk) as a result of an homologous recombination event that occurred hundreds of years ago. [44]
Rabies cases in recent years have occurred in Europe also. In 2012, in Romania, a 5-year-old girl died after she was bitten by a rabid stray dog. [53] In the United States, although rabies is present primarily in the wildlife, in 2022, 50 dogs tested positive for rabies. [54] In Africa, about 21,000–25,000 people die annually due to rabies. [55]
May 2008 events in the United States (2 C, 17 P) Pages in category "May 2008 in North America" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
All US states recognize that a dog owner may be potentially liable for dog bites. Depending upon the state, the rules for when a dog owner may be liable for a bite will vary. Models of liability for dog bites fall into three broad categories: Common law. At common law, a dog owner can be held liable for the injury caused by a dog that the owner ...
A 2018 Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center literature review covering fifteen years of dog bites treated at the Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and the University of Virginia Health System, with meta-analysis by breed, found that dog bites were most likely to come from the following breeds (in order of highest incidents): pit bull, mixed breed, German Shepherd ...