West Virginia
Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program

Rabies Surveillance

Rabies Surveillance Data \| Raccoon Oral Rabies Vaccination Project Rabies Prevention \| Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control 2003
Surveillance Data	Animal Rabies Cases in West Virginia 2003 *Updated Monthly* (requires Adobe Acrobat 3.0 or greater to view) - Coordinate Map of West Virginia Animal Rabies Cases 2003 (requires Adobe Acrobat 3.0 or greater to view) *Updated Monthly- Animal Rabies Cases in West Virginia 2002 (requires Adobe Acrobat 3.0 or greater to view) 2002 Positive Animals by Month and Species (requires Adobe Acrobat 3.0 or greater to view) - 1998-2002 Animal Rabies Cases requires Adobe Acrobat 3.0 or greater to view) - Coordinate Map of West Virginia Animal Rabies Cases 2002 (requires Adobe Acrobat 3.0 or greater to view*) -
Raccoon Oral Rabies Vaccination (ORV) Project	West Virginia's oral rabies vaccine baiting for raccoons was conducted in September 2002. The purpose of this baiting was to vaccinate raccoons against rabies. Several counties are again conducting active surveillance in preparation for the next bait drop sometime during late summer or early fall 2003.
Miscellaneous Rabies Resources New 1/2/2003	Rabies Prevention - The Clinical Management of Animal Bites (requires Adobe Acrobat 3.0 or greater to view) - Printed in March 1999, this booklet provides information on such topics as handling a suspect animal following human exposure, commonly asked questions on rabies post-exposure treatment, and how to obtain rabies immunizations. Also included in the booklet are the 1999 ACIP Recommendations on Human Rabies Prevention. Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2003 (requires Adobe Acrobat 3.0 or greater to view) - CDC: National Center for Infectious Diseases, Rabies Website

State of West Virginia (WV)
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR)
Bureau for Public Health (BPH)
Office of Epidemiology and Health Promotion (OEHP)
Division of Surveillance and Disease Control (DSDC)
Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program (IDEP)

This page was last updated 06/06/03.
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