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Table 1 Potential exposure to terrestrial rabies in Upstate South Carolina, 1994–2004, classified by type of victim and exposure animal

From: Potential and Actual Terrestrial Rabies Exposures in People and Domestic Animals, Upstate South Carolina, 1994–2004: A Surveillance Study

  

Victim

Exposure animal

Human

Dog

Cat

Other

None

Total (%)

Dog

14,816

32

1

3

92

14,944 (66.7)

Cat

5,795

15

12

1

87

5,910 (26.4)

Raccoon

184

281

21

3

105

594 (2.7)

Fox

78

85

6

4

84

257 (1.1)

Skunk

14

72

0

0

21

107 (0.5)

Livestock*

28

0

0

0

5

33 (0.1)

Other

541

20

1

0

5

567 (2.5%)

Total

21,456

505

41

11

399

22,412 (100.0%)

  1. * Includes horses (N = 32) and one cow.
  2. Includes ferrets (N = 11), rodents (N = 470) and rabbits (N = 86).
  3. Includes cows (N = 4), horses (N = 4) and goats (N = 3); one incident in which a horse and a human were simultaneously indicated as victims, as well as eight incidents where the animal victim was not specified were excluded from this analysis.