👉 #rabies can incubate for a year or more
👉 If risk exposure has occurred, it is never too late to start post-exposure prophylaxis
👉 According to both WHO and CDC guidelines, a decision to vaccinate is a decision to use RIG as the vaccine will not kick in for several weeks
#IDMastodon #MedMastodon #IMPearls #MedEd

@Nazani “progress is being made to eradicate the virus in the eastern United States” #rabies #virginia #publichealth #raccoons

My first PhD chapter is out as a #preprint on biorxiv! We had a look at what funky incubation periods in #rabies could be doing to it’s genetic divergence https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.04.556169v1

The Massive Campaign to Air-Drop Tiny Rabies Vaccines to Raccoons

#Raccoons are a main carrier of #rabies in the US. A government effort distributes millions of tasty #vaccines to protect both animals & people

https://www.wired.com/story/the-massive-campaign-to-air-drop-tiny-rabies-vaccines-to-raccoons/

Tollwut weiterhin auf dem Rückzug

Die Aussetzung der #Tollwutimpfung als Core-Komponente im Jahr 2021 durch die StIKo Vet hat sich bislang bewährt.

Seit 2008 ist Deutschland frei von der terrestrischen #Tollwut. Das heißt, es wurde seit diesem Zeitpunkt mit Ausnahme einiger, weniger importierter Fälle in keinem empfänglichen #Wild- oder #Haustier (#Fuchs, #Katze, #Hund etc.) Tollwut nachgewiesen.

Seit der Aktualisierung der Leitlinie zur #Impfung von #Kleintieren im Jahr 2021 wird von der StIKo Vet die Tollwutimpfung für Hunde, Katzen und #Frettchen empfohlen, die für grenzüberschreitende #Reisen über einen gültigen #Impfschutz gegen Tollwut verfügen müssen. Innerhalb Deutschlands ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass ein #Tier dem #Rabies-Virus exponiert ist, so gering, dass aus Sicht der StIKo Vet, das Kriterium für eine Core-Komponente, das heißt, dass „jedes Tier, zu jeder Zeit“ mittels Impfung „gegen Tollwut geschützt sein muss“, nicht mehr erfüllt ist.
#StikoVet

https://stiko-vet.fli.de/de/aktuelles/einzelansicht/tollwut-weiterhin-auf-dem-rueckzug/

These ignorant motherfuckers are going to give us #rabies. I wonder what the "medical choice" types have to say about this dumb shit. There's a reason rabies is rare in the US. Public service message, spay/neuter your pets and get them vaccinated. It's the law.

as there would be no way of knowing if dogs are carrying a deadly #virus that could be passed to humans, such as #rabies.

The investigator also documented pregnant dogs sold for #slaughter, including one who yelped as she was yanked by the neck from the truck with a long snare pole, grabbed violently by her leg, and stuffed into a bag.

3/5

Redditor replied to one of my comments about #rabies #vaccine having recently gone to the ER after a bat exposure, suspecting the ER recommended too short a vaccine course.

That's heart-stopping for me; I've also had the post-exposure series.

In a case of suspected immunocompromise, I can't imagine not getting that fifth shot. You can manage (most) side effects, but you can't manage dead.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ID_News/comments/12inr86/comment/ju8q0o1/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Most rabies symptoms show in 30-90 days, but can take as long as 20 YEARS.

#Quebec issues rabies-infected raccoon warning in 18 municipalities |

#canada #alerts #nature #montreal #wildlife #rabies

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-issues-rabies-infected-raccoon-warning-in-18-municipalities-1.6495072

In order to eradicate rabies from foxes in Switzerland, the government is giving away any land they inhabit to other countries.

#switzerland #europe #foxes #fox #rabid #rabies #eradication #qi #notqi

Rabid
Bobcat attacks
Campers in Connecticut
Danger afoot
Fear

#bobcat #rabies #connecticut #campers #cinquain #poetry

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/bobcat-attacked-camper-connecticut-tests-positive-rabies-100704764

Bobcat in the night
Attacks sleeping camper's hammock
Fear in the dark forest

#bobcat #camping #connecticut #rabies #haiku #poetry

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/01/us/rabid-bobcat-attacks-connecticut-camper/index.html

Our postdoc Dr Friederike Hunstig and doctoral student Rica Artus were delighted to meet Dr Annick Mondjo from the Ministry of Health in Gabon at the CERMEL last week to discuss collaboration on #snakebite envenoming research and how to combine our research with other NTDs such as #rabies. #beatNTDs #Gabon🇬🇦

UGH!!! This is just horrific!
"A moose acting aggressively in a Northwest Alaska community tested positive for rabies this month, marking the first rabid moose case detected in the state — and North America overall.

The case has prompted Alaska officials to increase rabies surveillance across a large swath of the state.

Alaska Department of Fish and Game staff based in the Nome area received several reports June 2 describing a moose in the community of Teller — about 70 miles northwest of Nome — with bare patches of skin that was behaving strangely and acting aggressively toward people, the department said in a statement...Fish and Game staff, after consulting with Beckmen, killed the moose that afternoon because of its aggressive behavior and signs indicative of a rabies infection...

Three days later, on June 5, the Alaska State Virology Laboratory detected the rabies virus in the moose’s brain, Fish and Game said in its statement."
#Alaska #Rabies
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2023/06/12/alaskas-first-ever-rabid-moose-case-prompts-higher-rabies-surveillance-in-state/

Raccoon brought to store
Tested for rabies, exposed kissers
Keep wild animals wild

#raccoon #petstore #rabies #wildanimals #haiku #poetry

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/29/us/maine-raccoon-euthanized-pet-store/index.html

https://dogstodaymagazine.co.uk/2023/05/22/mission-rabies-to-start-biggest-ever-vaccination-drive-in-cambodia/?ref=futurecrunch.com #cambodia #rabies #GoodNews

''The early #warning requested all schools to focus on events such as #brucellosis and hemorrhagic fever. #HFMD, foodborne disease, #mumps and possible #rabies also feature on a watchlist.''

My latest article in Veterinary Practice News, on rabies prevention programs: https://www.veterinarypracticenews.com/rabies-june-2023/?fbclid=IwAR2tF572ZE4DzCwsEVq4OF8FkUakUJV0n2kVvOzhWUIwnr2C5exk3ZB92lQ #Veterinarians #Rabies #RabiesPrevention #dogs #cats #Tanzania #India

RT @OntAnHealthNet
Ontario Rabies Update:

Two new cases of rabies, both detected in skunks in Niagara

Updated map and full stats available here:

https://www.oahn.ca/news/ontario-rabies-update-april-26-2023-2-new-cases/

#Rabies #OneHealth #Wildlife

Homem de 60 anos é diagnosticado com raiva humana; caso aconteceu em MG

18/04/2023

https://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/ultimas-noticias/2023/04/18/raiva-humana-paciente-minas-gerais.amp.htm

#Rabies
#Brasil
#ID
#Epidemiology