Skunk and Raccoon Rabies in the Eastern United States: Temporal and Spatial Analysis
Since 1981, an epizootic of raccoon rabies has spread throughout the eastern United States. A concomitant increase in reported rabies cases in skunks has raised concerns that an independent maintenance cycle of rabies virus in skunks could become established, affecting current strategies of wildlife...
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| author | Marta A. Guerra Aaron T. Curns Charles E. Rupprecht Cathleen A. Hanlon John W. Krebs James E. Childs |
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| description | Since 1981, an epizootic of raccoon rabies has spread throughout the eastern United States. A concomitant increase in reported rabies cases in skunks has raised concerns that an independent maintenance cycle of rabies virus in skunks could become established, affecting current strategies of wildlife rabies control programs. Rabies surveillance data from 1981 through 2000 obtained from the health departments of 11 eastern states were used to analyze temporal and spatial characteristics of rabies epizootics in each species. Spatial analysis indicated that epizootics in raccoons and skunks moved in a similar direction from 1990 to 2000. Temporal regression analysis showed that the number of rabid raccoons predicted the number of rabid skunks through time, with a 1-month lag. In areas where the raccoon rabies virus variant is enzootic, spatio-temporal analysis does not provide evidence that this rabies virus variant is currently cycling independently among skunks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-523f52a476524b929b0af547fe18797d2022-12-21T17:45:37ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592003-09-01991143115010.3201/eid0909.020608Skunk and Raccoon Rabies in the Eastern United States: Temporal and Spatial AnalysisMarta A. GuerraAaron T. CurnsCharles E. RupprechtCathleen A. HanlonJohn W. KrebsJames E. ChildsSince 1981, an epizootic of raccoon rabies has spread throughout the eastern United States. A concomitant increase in reported rabies cases in skunks has raised concerns that an independent maintenance cycle of rabies virus in skunks could become established, affecting current strategies of wildlife rabies control programs. Rabies surveillance data from 1981 through 2000 obtained from the health departments of 11 eastern states were used to analyze temporal and spatial characteristics of rabies epizootics in each species. Spatial analysis indicated that epizootics in raccoons and skunks moved in a similar direction from 1990 to 2000. Temporal regression analysis showed that the number of rabid raccoons predicted the number of rabid skunks through time, with a 1-month lag. In areas where the raccoon rabies virus variant is enzootic, spatio-temporal analysis does not provide evidence that this rabies virus variant is currently cycling independently among skunks.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/9/02-0608_articleRabiesepizooticraccoonskunkwildlifezoonosis |
| spellingShingle | Marta A. Guerra Aaron T. Curns Charles E. Rupprecht Cathleen A. Hanlon John W. Krebs James E. Childs Skunk and Raccoon Rabies in the Eastern United States: Temporal and Spatial Analysis Emerging Infectious Diseases Rabies epizootic raccoon skunk wildlife zoonosis |
| title | Skunk and Raccoon Rabies in the Eastern United States: Temporal and Spatial Analysis |
| title_full | Skunk and Raccoon Rabies in the Eastern United States: Temporal and Spatial Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Skunk and Raccoon Rabies in the Eastern United States: Temporal and Spatial Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Skunk and Raccoon Rabies in the Eastern United States: Temporal and Spatial Analysis |
| title_short | Skunk and Raccoon Rabies in the Eastern United States: Temporal and Spatial Analysis |
| title_sort | skunk and raccoon rabies in the eastern united states temporal and spatial analysis |
| topic | Rabies epizootic raccoon skunk wildlife zoonosis |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/9/02-0608_article |
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