Re: Rabies in the US

I was recently bitten by a squirrel on my index finger.
I was worried, that the squirrel might have had rabies, so I went to the
hospital emergency room (it happened on a weekend and my Doctor's office was
closed), where they gave me a tetanus shot.
Cost me close to $1,000.--, of which the insurance paid $800.--.
Expensive encounter, wouldn't you say?
Well, at least I did not have to have a rabies shot, hate to think what that
would have cost me?
Maybe an arm and a leg?

"nuele mersch" <fowls@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> FWIW
>
> I was curious and searched the www.promedmail.org archives a little bit
> about rabies and a quick glance at 100 posts about rabies cases in
> humans throughout the world seems to suggest to me the following ranking
> of sources of infection:
>
> 1. bats (esp. US)
> 2. canines: mostly dogs (other parts of the world)
> 3. all sorts of other animals: racoons, others
> 4. other causes (rare)
>
>
> "Of the 47 cases of human rabies reported in the United States since
> 1990, 4 occurred in organ transplant recipients and were associated
> with an undetected case of rabies in a single organ donor (3); the
> remainder apparently were acquired from contact with animals with rabies
> virus infections. 38 (81 percent) of the infections were acquired in
> the United States."
>
> "The greatest risk for naturally acquired rabies in the United States is
> from encounters with and bites from insectivorous bats (4). In
> particular, a rabies-virus variant associated with 2 small-bodied bats,
> the eastern pipistrelle bat (_Pipistrellus subflavus_) and silver-haired
> bat (_Lasionycteris noctivagans_) was identified in 20 (69 percent) of
> 29 persons with samples tested."
>
> "Although human rabies is extremely rare in the United States, people
> are advised to exercise caution in settings where they might have
> contact with wildlife, especially bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes."
>
>
>
> Nuele (D)


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