The CDC wants to raise awareness of the risks of rabies after three people died from the disease between September and November 2021.
is a serious viral disease that affects the brain and spinal cord of mammals. The virus is usually transmitted to humans via the bite of an infected animal.
Human rabies cases are extremely rare in the United States, with one to three cases reported every year on average, according to the CDC., Illinois and Texas—died from the disease over a five-week period following direct contact with bats in or around their homes. "We have come a long way in the United States towards reducing the number of people who become infected each year with rabies, but this recent spate of cases is a sobering reminder that contact with bats poses a real health risk," said Ryan Wallace, a veterinarian and rabies expert in the CDC's Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology.
The person should also contact a doctor or local public health official to assess whether they need to receive PEP. The CDC says it typically takes between three weeks and three months for rabies symptoms to develop. PEP is nearly 100 percent effective at preventing the disease, however, if it is administered before this happens.
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