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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 ...
3D still showing rabies virus structure. Rhabdoviruses have helical symmetry, so their infectious particles are approximately cylindrical in shape. They are characterized by an extremely broad host spectrum ranging from plants [citation needed] to insects [citation needed] and mammals; human-infecting viruses more commonly have icosahedral symmetry and take shapes approximating regular polyhedra.
Rabies, a fatal disease transmitted by the bite of an infected mammal. In the United States, cats make up 4.6% of reported cases of rabies infected animals. [2] Viruses for which there are no vaccines: Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), a lentivirus and genetic relative of HIV. [3] There is no approved vaccine for FIV in North America. [4]
In 2018, a man died of rabies after contracting the virus from a cat in Morocco. [113] A rabies-like lyssavirus, called European bat lyssavirus 2, was identified in bats in 2003. [107] In 2002, there was a fatal case in a bat handler involving infection with European bat lyssavirus 2; infection was probably acquired from a bite from a bat in ...
"Almost all of the human deaths attributed to rabies are due to rabies transmitted by dogs in countries where dog vaccination programs are not sufficiently developed to stop the spread of the virus." 32. "Rabies and Your Pet". American Veterinary Medical Association. Retrieved 2019-12-15. Jap0057 17:09, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
Statistics generated by the state of Ohio document that cat bites make up about 20 percent of all animal bites each year. Bites from cats can not only transmit serious diseases such as rabies, but bites can develop bacterial infections. The bite of a cat appears small but it can be deep. As many as 80 percent of cat bites become infected. [5] [6]
In many jurisdictions, domestic dogs, cats, ferrets, and rabbits are required to be vaccinated. [35] There are two main types of vaccines used for domesticated animals and pets (including pets from wildlife species): Inactivated rabies virus (similar technology to that given to humans) administered by injection