河南省南阳地区狂犬病流行病学调查及防制方法的研究

河南省南阳地区感染狂犬病的动物主要有牛(占75.81％)、犬(占15.52％)、猪(占7.29％)、马(占0.6％)、猫(占0.44％)、羊(占0.33％);黄牛狂犬病一年四季均可发生,1岁内犊牛多发(占74.24％);感染途径除被狂犬咬伤(占22.73％)外,还存在其他感染途径(没有被犬咬伤史的占63.64％);检测97份鼠血清,狂犬病抗体阳性率达20.8％。鼠在狂犬病的传播中的作用值得注意。对9种动物1138份血清作抗体阻断ELISA试验,抗体阳性率高达12.65％。通过对犬采取“管、免、灭”综合防制试验,黄牛狂犬病发病率大大降低。犬群免疫密度在80％以上有效,低于50％则无明显效果。夹心阻断ELISA和小鼠中和试验的结果相符。     

应用葡萄球菌蛋白A酶联免疫吸附试验检测病毒抗体

提出了应用葡萄球菌蛋白A联接辣根过氧化物酶的改良间接酶联免疫吸附试验。应用蛋白A联接辣根过氧化物酶代换间接EliSA中的抗球旦白酶结合物,检测在马、牛、猪、猫、犬、兔类动物(兔)和人血清中的病毒抗体。比较这个EliSA的结果与病毒中和试验的结果,在实验室内应用这个试验对不同种类的动物血清进行检测作了讨论。     

应用夹心阻断ELISA测定血清中抗狂犬病抗体的研究

本研究建立的检测狂犬病抗体的夹心阻断ELISA,直接利用未经提纯的病毒悬液代替提纯的抗原,并仅用一种酶标抗体,测定了9种动物的血清.本方法敏感度的95%可信限为0.0013～0.0071IU/mL,比小鼠中和试验和微量免疫酶试验均敏感.按阻断50%判定血清ELISA的阴阳性,9种动物的1134份血清中有91份阳性,其中发病点的牛、猪、犬、家鼠血清的阳性率均在10%以上.根据对一定量的抗原阻断率相同时,抗体浓度一致的原理,测定了7种动物的185份血清效价,结果狂犬病抗体浓度在0.01IU/mL以上的为63份.利用夹心阻断ELISA和小鼠中和试验测定了7种动物的23份血清,阳性份数分别为12和11.两种方法均证明家鼠血清中有狂犬病抗体.本研究表明,测定狂犬病抗体的夹心阻断ELISA,简便、敏感、快速,可用于流行病学调查.     

乐都县猪伪狂犬病血清学调查

伪狂犬病(简称PR)是由疱疹病毒科伪狂犬病病毒引起的猪及多种动物的一种急性传染病。根据本县年初制定的动物疫病监测实施方案要求,用酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)对乐都部分乡镇的456份猪血清进行伪狂犬病病毒抗体的检测,结果阳性率为4.8%。     

乐都县猪伪狂犬病的血清学调查

伪狂犬病（简称PR）是一种由疱疹病毒科伪狂犬病病毒引起的猪及多种动物的急性传染病。根据年初制定的动物疫病监测实施方案要求,用酶联免疫吸附试验（ELISA）对乐都县部分乡镇的456份猪血清进行伪狂犬病病毒抗体的检测,结果阳性率为4.8%。     

应用ELISA检测犬狂犬病抗体水平的探讨

为了解应用酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)检测犬狂犬病抗体水平的效果,对东莞市采集的54份犬血清应用ELISA进行检测,采用Synbiotics软件进行分析,同时将该批血清送至军事医学科学院军事兽医研究所作荧光抗体病毒中和试验(FAVN)比较.ELISA检出阳性数35份,阳性率为64.82%,与军事医学科学院军事兽医研究所的测定结果差异不显著,符合率为85.19%.证明应用ELISA检测犬狂犬病抗体水平定性检测具有较高的准确率,适合在短时间内监测大批量的血清样品.     

广东省部分城市犬和猫狂犬病病毒血清中和抗体的调查分析

通过对广东省部分城市宠物犬和猫狂犬病病毒中和抗体效价现状进行调查分析，探讨其风险点及改善点，为狂犬病的防控及公共卫生安全提供参考。调查于2020-2021年期间在广东省佛山市、深圳市、东莞市、云浮市、江门市等地城区采集宠物犬、猫血清735份，并对相关个体信息进行收集，采用荧光抗体病毒中和试验(FAVN)对所有血清样本进行了狂犬病中和抗体效价的测定和分析。结果显示，所有样本狂犬病抗体保护水平阳性率为46.9%,低于世界卫生组织推荐的70%保护水平阳性率；深圳市血清样本抗体保护水平阳性率为55.4%,为采样城市中保护水平阳性率最高；家养猫的保护水平阳性率比家养犬的阳性率低15.5%;犬养殖场样本阳性率比家庭饲养犬样本阳性率低20.8%;流浪动物的保护水平阳性率仅有8.1%。说明广东省部分城市犬、猫狂犬病免疫阳性率偏低，尚无法形成抵御狂犬病侵袭的有效屏障，需在流浪动物管理、猫饲养管理、犬猫饲养场管理等几个方面加强狂犬病的预防管制措施，加强政策引导工作，以提升狂犬病的综合防控能力。     

酶联免疫吸附试验夹心法检测梅花鹿狂犬病病毒抗原的研究

以马抗狂犬病固定毒抗体建立的酶联免疫吸附试验夹心法,检测了动物脑组织中的梅花鹿狂犬病病毒抗原。对已知阳性和阴性鼠脑抗原的检测表明,本法具有敏感、特异、快速,简便等特点。实验室检测了50份阳性鼠脑抗原及40份阴性鼠脑抗原,其消光值(OD值)均数(X)分别为0.928和0.209。对5只鹿、3头牛和4只羊脑组织的检测结果皆与其它诊断结果相符;对15只犬的检测发现,其敏感性远远高于补体结合试验的敏感性。     

北京地区犬猫弓形虫病流行病学调查

为初步调查北京地区犬猫弓形虫感染的流病学特征,用酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)方法检测2010年5月至2011年4月采集的家养犬猫、流浪猫血清样本.其中,家养犬血清样本1876份,家养猫血清样本561份,检测发现,家养犬动物弓形虫IgG抗体阳性率24.9％;家养猫弓形虫IgG阳性率21.2％;同时检测流浪猫样本201份,阳性率30.3％.家养犬弓形虫血清抗体阳性率不同季节间差异显著(P＜0.05),夏季最高,为30.0％,家养猫弓形虫血清抗体阳性率不同季节间无显著差异(P＞0.05).不同性别犬猫弓形虫血清抗体阳性率无显著差异(P＞0.05).随着年龄增长,犬猫弓形虫抗体阳性率均有明显增长.对25例弓形虫抗体阳性家养犬病例和37例弓形虫抗体阳性家养猫病例进行了回访调查,结果发现,该62例动物主人的弓形虫检测结果均为阴性.     

浦东新区犬猫弓形虫病血清学调查分析

采用酶联免疫吸附试验（ELISA）检测194份犬猫血样,测得弓形虫IgG抗体阳性血清36份,阳性率为18．56％。不同来源的犬猫血清弓形虫IgG抗体阳性率不同,流浪犬猫的平均阳性率为27．3％,其中流浪犬阳性率最高为30．77％,其次流浪猫阳性率为25％,农村犬阳性率为22．86％,养犬场犬阳性率为15％,宠物犬阳性率为12．5％。不同来源的犬猫之间感染率差异不显著（P〉0.05）,宠物猫样本数少,未检测出阳性血清。胶体金免疫层析法和酶联免疫吸附试验对比试验显示,这两种方法对猫的弓形虫抗体检测结果基本相符。     

Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2001

During 2001, 49 states and Puerto Rico reported 7,437 cases of rabies in nonhuman animals and 1 case in a human being to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an increase of < 1% from 7,364 cases in nonhuman animals and 5 human cases reported in 2000. More than 93% (6,939 cases) were in wild animals, whereas 6.7% (497 cases) were in domestic species (compared with 93.0% in wild animals and 6.9% in domestic species in 2000). The number of cases reported in 2001 increased among bats, cats, skunks, rodents/lagomorphs, and swine and decreased among dogs, cattle, foxes, horses/mules, raccoons, and sheep/goats. The relative contributions of the major groups of animals were as follows: raccoons (37.2%; 2,767 cases), skunks (30.7%; 2,282), bats (17.2%; 1,281), foxes (5.9%; 437), cats (3.6%; 270), dogs (1.2%; 89), and cattle (1.1%; 82). Nine of the 19 states where the raccoon-associated variant of the rabies virus has been enzootic reported decreases in the numbers of rabid raccoons during 2001. Among states with extensive wildlife rabies control programs, Ohio reported (other than rabies in bats) 1 case of rabies in a raccoon that was associated with the epizootic of rabies in raccoons and 1 case in a bovid that was infected with a bat variant of the rabies virus, compared with no cases reported in any terrestrial animals during 2000. Texas reported 1 case associated with the dog/coyote variant of the rabies virus (compared with no cases in 2000) and 20 cases associated with the gray fox variant of the virus (a decrease of 50% from reported cases in 2000). Reports of rabid skunks in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, states with enzootic raccoon rabies, exceeded reports of rabid raccoons for the fifth consecutive year. A similar situation may soon exist in the state of Maine (32 rabid skunks and 34 rabid raccoons during 2001). Nationally, the number of rabies cases in skunks during 2001 increased by 2.7% over those reported in 2000. Texas reported the greatest number of rabid skunks ever documented during a single year by any state, as well as the greatest numerical increase in rabid skunks (778 cases in 2001, compared with 550 in 2000; an increase of 228 cases, or 41.5%) and the largest overall state total of rabies cases (1,043) during 2001. Arizona reported the greatest percentage increase in rabid skunks (247.1%), representing an increase from 17 rabid skunks in 2000 to 59 in 2001. Nineteen of these cases were infected with a bat variant of the rabies virus, documenting a spillover event followed by unprecedented detection of temporal enzootic transmission of a bat variant in a terrestrial species. The number of cases of rabies reported in bats during 2001 (1,281 cases) increased 3.3% and surpassed the previous year's record (1,240 cases) as the largest number of reported cases ever recorded for this group of mammals. Cases of rabies reported in dogs (89) and cattle (82) decreased by 21.9 and 1.2%, respectively; these are the lowest numbers reported for rabid cattle and dogs since the dawn of national rabies record keeping (ca 1938). Cases in cats (270) increased by 8.4% over those reported in 2000, whereas rabies among sheep and goats declined 70%, from 10 cases in 2000 to 3 cases (goats only) in 2001. Rabies among horses and mules declined 1.9% (52 cases in 2000 to 51 cases in 2001). Reported cases of rabies in mongooses in Puerto Rico increased 18.6%, compared with the previous year (70 cases in 2001 from 59 cases in 2000), whereas cases of rabies in dogs declined 15.3% (15 to 13). One case of rabies in a human being reported by California during 2001 was the result of infection with a canine variant of the rabies virus acquired outside the United States.     

Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2000.

During 2000, 49 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico reported 7,364 cases of rabies in nonhuman animals and 5 cases in human beings to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an increase of 4.3% from 7,067 cases in nonhuman animals reported in 1999. Ninety-three percent (6,855 cases) were in wild animals, whereas 6.9% (509 cases) were in domestic species (compared wth 91.5% in wild animals and 8.5% in domestic species in 1999). Compared with cases reported in 1999, the number of cases reported in 2000 increased among bats, dogs, foxes, skunks, and sheep/goats and decreased among cats, cattle, horses/mules, raccoons, and swine. The relative contributions of the major groups of animals were as follows: raccoons (37.7%; 2,778 cases), skunks (30.2%; 2,223), bats (16.8%; 1,240), foxes (6.2%; 453), cats (3.4%; 249), dogs (1.6%; 114), and cattle (1.1%; 83). Ten of the 19 states where the raccoon-associated variant of the rabies virus has been enzootic reported increases in the numbers of cases of rabies during 2000. Among those states that have engaged in extensive wildlife rabies control programs, no cases of rabies associated with the epizootic of rabies in raccoons (or in any other terrestrial species) were reported in Ohio, compared with 6 cases reported in 1999. No rabies cases associated with the dog/coyote variant (compared with 10 cases in 1999, including 5 in dogs) were reported in Texas, and cases associated with the gray fox variant of the virus decreased (58 cases in 2000, including 38 among foxes). Reports of rabid skunks exceeded those of rabid raccoons in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, states with enzootic raccoon rabies, for the fourth consecutive year. Nationally, the number of rabies cases in skunks increased by 7.1% from that reported in 1999. The greatest numerical increase in rabid skunks (550 cases in 2000, compared with 192 in 1999) was reported in Texas. The number of cases of rabies reported in bats (1,240) during 2000 increased 25.4% over the number reported during 1999 (989) and represented the greatest contribution (16.8% of the total number of rabid animals) ever recorded for this group of mammals. Cases of rabies reported in cattle (83) and cats (249) decreased by 38.5% and 10.4%, respectively, whereas cases in dogs (114) increased by 2.7% over those reported in 1999. Reported cases of rabies among horses and mules declined 20% from 65 cases in 1999 to 52 cases in 2000. Four indigenously acquired cases of rabies reported in human beings were caused by variants of the rabies virus associated with bats. One case of human rabies acquired outside the United States that resulted from a dog bite was caused by the canine variant of the rabies virus.     

Epidemiologic factors, clinical findings, and vaccination status of rabies in cats and dogs in the United States in 1988. National Study Group on Rabies

Despite the availability of rabies vaccination through private veterinarians and government-sponsored rabies control programs, rabies was reported in an average of 338 cats and dogs per year from 1980 through 1987 in the United States. Information was collected on 90% of the 183 cats and 97% of the 119 dogs that were reported to have rabies in the continental United States in 1988. The median age of rabid cats and dogs was 1 year, and 81% were from rural areas. Compared with rabid cats, rabid dogs were more likely to have been male (66 vs 42%, odds ratio = 2.6), to have been kept as pets (84 vs 43%, odds ratio = 6.8), and to have had reported contact with wildlife before onset of illness (38 vs 14%, odds ratio = 3.8). Rabid cats accounted for a greater proportion of human rabies postexposure prophylaxis, bites to people, and exposures to other animals than did rabid dogs. Although the clinical signs of rabies varied, rabid cats were more likely than dogs to have had aggressive behavior (55 vs 31%, odds ratio = 2.8). In contrast, rabid dogs were more likely than cats to have had an illness consistent with a paralytic process. The median period between onset of illness and death was 3 days (range, less than 1 to 10) in rabid cats and dogs that were allowed to die of rabies. Vaccine failures were documented in 3 (1%) rabid animals (2 cats and 1 dog). All animals had received only a single dose of vaccine in their lifetime and were vaccinated when they were between 3 and 6 months old.     

Rabies surveillance in the United States during 1999

During 1999, 49 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico reported 7,067 cases of rabies in nonhuman animals to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a decrease of 11.2% from 7,961 cases in nonhuman animals and 1 case in a human being reported in 1998. More than 91% (6,466 cases) were in wild animals, whereas 8.5% (601 cases) were in domestic species (compared with 92.4% in wild animals and 7.6% in domestic species in 1998). No cases of rabies were reported in human beings in 1999. Decreases were evident in all major species groups, with the exception of cattle, sheep/goats, and swine. The relative contributions of the major groups to the total reported were as follows: raccoons (41.0%; 2,872 cases), skunks (29.4%; 2,076), bats (14.0%; 989), foxes (5.4%; 384), cats (3.9%; 278), cattle (1.9%; 135), and dogs (1.6%; 111). Reported cases (6) associated with the epizootic of rabies in raccoons in Ohio declined from the 26 cases reported in 1998. Fifteen of the 19 states where the raccoon variant of the rabies virus is enzootic reported fewer cases of rabies during 1999. Massachusetts and Rhode Island, states with enzootic rabies in raccoons, each reported more rabid skunks than rabid raccoons for the third consecutive year. In Texas, cases associated with the enzootic canine variants of the rabies virus remained low (10 cases), whereas cases associated with the gray fox variant of the virus increased (66). Cases of rabies in skunks decreased by 8.6%, compared with those reported in 1998. Michigan reported the largest percentage increase in rabid skunks (950.0%; 2 cases in 1998 to 21 in 1999). Cases of rabies in horses and mules declined 21%, from 82 cases in 1998 to 65 in 1999. Cases of rabies reported in bats (989) were similar in number to those reported in 1998 (992) and represented almost 14.0% of the total number of rabid animals reported during 1999. Reported cases of rabies in cats (278) and dogs (111) decreased by 1.4% and 1.8%, respectively, whereas cases in cattle (135) increased by 16.4%, compared with those reported in 1998.     

Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2007

SUMMARY: During 2007, 49 states and Puerto Rico reported 7,258 cases of rabies in animals and 1 case in a human to the CDC, representing a 4.6% increase from the 6,940 cases in animals and 3 cases in humans reported in 2006. Approximately 93% of the cases were in wildlife, and 7% were in domestic animals. Relative contributions by the major animal groups were as follows: 2,659 raccoons (36.6%), 1,973 bats (27.2%), 1,478 skunks (20.4%), 489 foxes (6.7%), 274 cats (3.8%), 93 dogs (1.3%), and 57 cattle (0.8%). Compared with numbers of reported cases in 2006, cases in 2007 increased among dogs, bats, foxes, and skunks while decreases were reported among cattle, cats, and skunks. Increases in numbers of rabid raccoons during 2007 were reported by 11 of the 20 eastern states where raccoon rabies was enzootic, and reported cases increased by 1.7% overall, compared with 2006. On a national level, the number of rabies cases in skunks during 2007 decreased by 1.1% from the number reported in 2006. Texas reported the greatest number (n = 362) of rabid skunks and the greatest overall state total of animal rabies cases (969). No cases of rabies associated with the dog/coyote rabies virus variant were reported. The United States remains free of dog-to-dog transmission of canine rabies virus variants. The total number of cases of rabies reported nationally in foxes increased 14.5%, compared with 2006. Increases in the number of reported rabid foxes were attributable to greater numbers of foxes reported with the Arctic fox rabies virus variant in Alaska, the Texas gray fox rabies virus variant in Texas, and the raccoon rabies virus variant in Virginia. The 1,973 cases of rabies reported in bats represented a 16.6% increase over numbers reported in 2006. Cases of rabies in dogs and in sheep and goats increased 17.7% and 18.2%, respectively, whereas cases reported in cattle, cats, and horses and mules decreased 30.5%, 13.8%, and 20.8%, respectively. In Puerto Rico, reported cases of rabies in mongooses decreased 51.5%, and rabies in domestic animals, presumably attributable to spillover infection from mongooses, increased 25%. One human rabies case was reported from Minnesota during 2007. Although typing of the rabies virus variant in this case was not possible, an investigation of this case indicated a bat as the most likely source of exposure.     

Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2002

During 2002, 49 states and Puerto Rico reported 7,967 cases of rabies in nonhuman animals and 3 cases in human beings to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an increase of 7.2% from the 7,436 cases in non-human animals and 1 case in a human being reported in 2001. More than 92% (7,375 cases) were in wild animals, whereas 7.4% (592) were in domestic species (compared with 93.3% in wild animals and 6.7% in domestic species in 2001). Compared with cases reported in 2001, the numbers of cases reported in 2002 increased among all major reporting groups with the exception of swine and rodents and lagomorphs. The relative contributions of the major groups of animals were as follows: raccoons (36.3%; 2,891 cases), skunks (30.5%; 2,433), bats (17.2%; 1,373), foxes (6.4%; 508), cats (3.8%; 299), dogs (1.2%; 99), and cattle (1.5%; 116). Thirteen of the 19 states in which the raccoon-associated variant of the rabies virus has been enzootic reported increases in the numbers of rabid raccoons during 2002. Among those states that have engaged in wildlife rabies control programs, Ohio reported 1 case of raccoon rabies associated with the epizootic of rabies in raccoons and 1 case in an equid that was infected with a bat variant of the rabies virus, compared with 2 cases reported in terrestrial animals during 2001. Texas reported no cases of rabies associated with the dog/coyote variant of the rabies virus (compared with 1 case in 2001) and 65 cases associated with the gray fox variant of the virus (an increase of 225% from 20 cases reported in 2001). In Massachusetts and Rhode Island, states with enzootic raccoon rabies, reports of rabid skunks again exceeded those of rabid raccoons (the sixth consecutive year, although in Rhode Island, this difference decreased to only 7 more skunks than raccoons [38/31]). Tennessee reported a single case of raccoon rabies in a pet raccoon from the central part of the state; the captive animal had been transported toTennessee from northern Georgia. Nationally, the number of rabies cases in skunks during 2002 increased by 6.6% over those reported in 2001. Texas reported the greatest number (740) of rabid skunks and the greatest overall state total of rabies cases (1,049) during 2002. The 1,373 cases of rabies reported in bats during 2002 surpassed the previous year's record (1,281 cases) as the largest number of reported cases ever recorded for this group of mammals. Cases of rabies reported in cats (299), cattle (116), and dogs (99) increased by 10.7%, 41.5%, and 11.24%, respectively, from 2001 to 2002. Rabies among sheep and goats increased 400% from 3 cases in 2001 to 15 in 2002, and cases among horses and mules increased 13.7% (51 cases in 2001 to 58 in 2002). Reported cases of rabies in mongooses in Puerto Rico decreased 4.3% from the previous year (70 cases in 2001 to 67 cases in 2002), while cases of rabies in dogs increased 77% (13 to 14). California, Tennessee, and Iowa each reported a case of rabies in a human being during 2002. All cases of rabies in humans were the result of infection with bat variants of the rabies virus.     

Immunofluorescence Study of Wild Rabies Virus and Antibody

A concentrate of wild rabies antibody was prepared from hyperimmune serums of three dogs refractory to wild rabies. The animals resisted repeated intramuscular injections of large doses of wild rabies virus in emulsions of whole brain, in emulsions of submaxillary salivary glands, and in emulsified mixtures of brain and submaxillary glands taken from naturally rabid dogs.

The antibody was conjugated with fluorochrome and then absorbed by a procedure that gave “cell-free” working solutions of fluorescent antibody. The procedure entailed parallel absorption steps with minced pathological canine submaxillary glands from (1) naturally rabid dogs (these glands contained specific, undegraded, natural antigens of live wild rabies virus plus nonspecific substances and antigens) and (2) nonrabid dogs from a rabies endemic region (these glands contained nonspecific substances and antigens).

Extracts from submaxillary glands of the three naturally rabid dogs and one nonrabid dog were stained with a cell-free solution of the fluorescent antibody. The glands of the rabid dogs contained fluorescent aggregates of intense green spherical and filamentous particles. When nonfluorescent canine hyperimmune serum was incubated with rabies-containing submaxillary extract, the rabies antigens were quenched. When nonfluorescent equine fixed virus antiserum was incubated with such extracts, the aggregates still retained bright fluorescence.

     

Serological responses of adult dogs to revaccination against distemper, parvovirus and rabies

Serum antibody titres to canine distemper virus (CDV), canine parvovirus (CPV) and rabies were measured in dogs that had not been revaccinated annually and compared with the titres in a control group of regularly vaccinated animals; 83 per cent (171 of 207) of the dogs vaccinated against CDV one or more years earlier had serum neutralising antibody titres equal to or greater than 16; 64 per cent (136 of 213) of the dogs vaccinated against CPV one or more years earlier had haemagglutination inhibiting titres equal to or greater than 80; and 59 per cent (46 of 78) of the dogs vaccinated against rabies two or more years earlier had serum neutralising antibody titres equal to or greater than 0.5 iu/ml. Three weeks after a single booster vaccination the dogs' antibody titres against CDV had increased above the threshold level in 94 per cent of the dogs, against CPV in 68 per cent, and against rabies in 100 per cent.     

Zoonotic pathogens isolated from wild animals and environmental samples at two California wildlife hospitals

During 2010, 48 states and Puerto Rico reported 6,154 rabid animals and 2 human rabies cases to the CDC, representing an 8% decrease from the 6,690 rabid animals and 4 human cases reported in 2009. Hawaii and Mississippi did not report any laboratory-confirmed rabid animals during 2010. Approximately 92% of reported rabid animals were wildlife. Relative contributions by the major animal groups were as follows: 2,246 raccoons (36.5%), 1,448 skunks (23.5%), 1,430 bats (23.2%), 429 foxes (6.9%), 303 cats (4.9%), 71 cattle (1.1 %), and 69 dogs (1.1 %). Compared with 2009, number of reported rabid animals decreased across all animal types with the exception of a 1 % increase in the number of reported rabid cats. Two cases of rabies involving humans were reported from Louisiana and Wisconsin in 2010. Louisiana reported an imported human rabies case involving a 19-year-old male migrant farm worker who had a history of a vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) bite received while in Mexico. This represents the first human rabies case reported in the United States confirmed to have been caused by a vampire bat rabies virus variant. Wisconsin reported a human rabies case involving a 70-year-old male that was confirmed to have been caused by a rabies virus variant associated with tri-colored bats (Perimyotis subflavus).