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Rabies in the
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Rabies online Resources for Rochester
("We [New York State] lead the country in West Nile," she
said. "But we lead the country in rabies, too." ----DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE)
Report all animal bites or contact with
wild animals to your county health authority. Don’t let any animal escape that
has possibly exposed someone to rabies. Depending on the species, it can be
observed or tested for rabies in order to avoid the need for rabies treatment.
This includes bats with skin contact or found in a room with a sleeping person,
unattended child, or someone with mental impairment. Bats have small, sharp
teeth and in certain circumstances people can be bitten and not know it. --NYS
Health Dept.
Rabies Clinics
- Get Clinic
locations and times here: The Monroe County Health Department works
closely with municipalities to host rabies clinics for pets belonging to Monroe
County residents. Dogs, cats and ferrets can be immunized, but must be at least
three months old. Dogs should be leashed; cats and ferrets must be in a pet
carrier. Shots are provided at no charge.
--from the Monroe
County
Public Health Department
If you believe you have been exposed to a rabid animal,
call your doctor. If you observe an aggressive or menacing animal, call 911.
Bats play a role in nature, but may also carry rabies.
Rabies is a deadly virus that attacks the nervous system.
If you find a bat in your home, DO NOT release it.
Immediately contact your local health department for advice on what
to do. Go here for online telephone numbers for Rabies Response
Helplines for your county.

Rabies in
the Rochester-areaNews & Articles
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Rabies Back in Monroe County -
Monroe County Health Officials have confirmed four cases of rabies in
the Rochester area this year. Several Pittsford children may have
recently been exposed to the disease after bringing home a rabid baby
raccoon they found on a golf course in Perinton. A Churchville woman may
have also been exposed after fishing a rabid bat out of a pool then
trying to nurse it back to health. (July 17, 08)
R News: As It Happens,
Where It Happens
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Monroe County Health Department Warns of Rabies Risk
ROCHESTER, NY (2008-07-17) The Monroe County
Health Department is warning people against taking in wild animals after
several people were exposed to rabies.
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
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Media Advisory: State Health Commissioner Demonstrates how to Catch a
Bat ALBANY, N.Y. (June 17, 2008) – On Thursday, June 19, at 11:30
a.m. at the state rabies laboratory in Guilderland, State Health
Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., and rabies experts will
demonstrate how to safely catch a bat found in a home. The demonstration
will highlight the importance of capturing a bat that may have come in
contact with people or pets. A captured bat can be tested for rabies at
the laboratory and people can avoid unnecessary rabies treatment if the
bat tests negative for rabies. Many New Yorkers are unsure what to do if
they discover a bat in their home. As a result, each year more than
1,400 New Yorkers undergo rabies treatment because the bat they were
exposed to was NOT caught and submitted for testing. (July 17, 08)
New York
State Department of Health
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Health department: Parma dog has rabies - Rochester, NY - MPNnow
Monroe County health officials were informed yesterday that a dog from
Parma that fought with a rabid raccoon in late April has tested positive
for rabies. A total of two dogs were quarantined after coming in contact
with the rabid raccoon, and were being monitored by health officials.
Last Tuesday, one of the dogs began to show neurological symptoms of
rabies, and was euthanized by a veterinarian and tested for rabies by
the New York State Health Department. (June 14, 08)
- Rochester, NY - MPNnow
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Two Parma residents receive shots for possible rabies exposure |
democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle Two Parma
residents are receiving treatment for possible rabies exposure after a
raccoon tested positive for the disease, the first such case in Monroe
County this year, public health officials said Friday. (April 26, 08)
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and Chronicle | Rochester news,
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pages and classifieds. Serving
Rochester, New York
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CDC to
Recognize the First World Rabies Day! - WORLD
RABIES DAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2007 Working together to make rabies history!
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
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State Health Commissioner Urges Rabies Prevention: Observes September 8
as 'World Rabies Day' Albany, N.Y. The New York State Health
Department today joined public health leaders worldwide in an effort to
eliminate the fatal disease of rabies by observing September 8 as World
Rabies Day. "Rabies is a viral disease that leads to a brain infection
and death in almost all cases," said State Health Commissioner Richard
F. Daines, M.D. "While New York has not seen a human rabies case since
2000, more than 3,000 individuals received treatment for exposure to
rabies last year." There were 612 reports of rabid animals in New York
last year. (Sept. 7, 2007) -
New York State
Department of Health
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Press Advisory: State Health Commissioner Participates in Annual Effort
to Fight Raccoon Rabies Albany, N.Y. (Aug 17, 2007) - New York State
Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., will participate in the
annual state rabies bait drop on Monday, August 20 over northeastern New
York from a state helicopter to fight the northward spread of raccoon
rabies in New York and Canada. This year's annual rabies bait drop
mission is targeting eastern Essex and Clinton counties to reduce the
chance of human and domestic animal contact with rabid raccoons. Rabies
is a fatal disease. (August 18, 07) --New
York State Department of Health
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State
Health Department Issues Precaution for New Yorkers to Help Avoid
Potential Exposure to Rabies from Wildlife
To help
protect New Yorkers from the potential exposure to rabies from wildlife,
the State Health Department today reminded the public to avoid handling
wild animals. The practice of picking up wild animals, particularly
offspring, because of their cute and cuddly appearance, often requires
unnecessary rabies post exposure treatment for people. Individuals who
touch wild animals may have to undergo a month-long series of rabies
shots if they are bitten, scratched or had contact with the saliva or
nervous tissue of a potentially infected animal, unless it can be
euthanized and tested to rule out rabies. Rabies is a fatal disease
unless post exposure treatment is given before symptoms occur.
(May 31, 2006) -
New York
State Department of Health
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State Health Department Reminds New Yorkers to Take
Precautions to Protect Themselves, Pets from Rabies
ALBANY, May 13, 2005 –
State Health Commissioner Antonia C. Novello, M.D.,
M.P.H., Dr.P.H. today reminded New Yorkers to take
precautions against rabies by avoiding contact with
any wild animals and vaccinating their pets. As part
of the State's public awareness efforts, Governor
Pataki has proclaimed May as 'Rabies Awareness Month'
in New York State. Dr. Novello said "It is important
to note that no humans have been confirmed with rabies
in New York State over the past five years. However,
rabies is a public health issue that we continue to
combat in coordination with communities statewide to
help better educate New Yorkers about the disease and
the precautions they should take to avoid being
exposed to rabid animals."
New York State Department of Health
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Rabid
Animals Show Up In Neighborhoods Rochester, NY -
(09/03/03) - Sources at the Monroe County Health Department said the fox
that bit a 5-year-old girl Tuesday tested positive for rabies. (September 4, 2003)
WOKR-TV 13 ||
ROCHESTER
- Democrat
& Chronicle: Officials issue bat warning
— Health
officials are issuing a warning that people should not handle bats, after
24 people in Monroe County had to receive rabies-prevention shots. The
people either found bats in their homes or disposed of dead bats near
their property without first calling the Monroe County Health Department,
officials said Friday. (August 9, 2003) Democrat and Chronicle
- Democrat & Chronicle: Bear that killed baby not rabid
FALLSBURG — A bear killed a 5-month-old girl Monday, knocking her
out of a stroller and carrying her into nearby woods, police said. Ward
Stone, state chief wildlife pathologist, said he could not remember a
black bear killing a human. (August 20, 2002)
Democrat and
Chronicle
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Democrat
& Chronicle: Rabid fox suspected in Irondequoit
— Irondequoit Animal Control is on the lookout for a potentially
rabid fox that attacked at least three people near Titus Avenue Extension
over the weekend. Animal Control Supervisor Dick Keppler said a
10-year-old girl was chased Saturday morning by the fox, and a man doing
yard work Saturday afternoon felt a tug at his heel and looked down to see
a fox biting his shoe. (June 20, 2002)
DemocratandChronicle.com
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Possible Rabid Fox In Irondequoit
Irondequoit, NY -
Irondequoit police and animal control are searching for a fox that may be
rabid. Four people came into contact with the animal, and two were bitten
by it. The fox was first sighted on Shore Road near the Titus Avenue
extension by the Irondequoit Bay on Saturday, when it chased a young girl
into her home. Later that evening, a man gardening was bitten in the heel
of his boot; the bite didn't break the skin. (June 20, 2002)
WOKR13.TV
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Democrat & Chronicle: Rabid bat causes alert in Ontario
County middle school June 7, 2002) — GORHAM --
Ontario County health and school officials have alerted parents that some
students at Marcus Whitman Middle School were exposed to rabies when a
seventh-grader unknowingly brought a dead bat infected with the disease to
school on Monday. (June 7, 2002)
DemocratandChronicle.com
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Boy Brings Bat With Rabies To School
Gorham, NY - A seventh
grader from Ontario County thought it would be ''neat'' to bring a dead
bat to school to show his friends. What he didn't know was that the bat
had rabies, and that that has caused much concern at Marcus Whitman Middle
School. (June 7, 2002)
WOKR13.TV
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Democrat & Chronicle: Rabid raccoons put county on alert
— Monroe County officials are concerned after four rabid raccoons
were found here in recent months. "There seems to be extra reason to be
sure you have your pets immunized," said John Ricci, senior public health
educator for Monroe County. (May 21, 2002) DemocratandChronicle.com
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Democrat & Chronicle: Hooray, we're No. 2! NY loses rabies
title — ALBANY --
After leading the nation in rabies cases for nearly 10 years, New York
state fell to second place last year with 821 confirmed cases. Texas,
where rabies is now rampant among skunks, claimed first place last year
with more than a thousand cases of the disease. New York has dealt with a
rabies epidemic since 1990, when large numbers of raccoons across the
Northeast began contracting the disease. At the
height of the epidemic in 1993, the state had more than 27-hundred cases.
(April 15, 2002)
DemocratandChronicle.com
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Town residents alerted to rabies' protection
As warmer weather
approaches, animal control officers issue some do's and don'ts.
A Greece man's recent exposure to rabies serves as a reminder to town
residents that they need to be careful around wild animals, according to
Pete Braggins, Greece animal control officer. (April 11, 2002) Greece
Post
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County
Warns of Rabid Animals PDF Link: Rabies
attacks Fox Cat Bats 2001.pdf --(Wednesday, August 15, 2001)
--from Jack Doyle, Monroe County Executive
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infections cause concern -- Monroe County health officials
are asking residents to stay clear of any stray or wild animals after
several people and two cats were attacked by a rabid fox last week.
The fox was killed and tested after it bit two people and confronted
two others, exposing them to its saliva. (Wednesday, August 15, 2001) -DEMOCRAT AND
CHRONICLE
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Rabid
Animals Spotted In Perinton And Greece Rochester, NY
- The Monroe County Health Department is warning people to be cautious
of animals with rabies. The Health Department says a rabid fox
viciously attacked several people in Perinton, and two stray cats were
found with rabies--one in Perinton and one in Greece; both incidents
occurred last week. (Tuesday, August 14, 2001) iKnowRochester.com
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treated for rabies in Newark NEWARK (Friday, May 11, 2001)
-- Three children and three adults are undergoing rabies treatments
following two separate fox attacks in this Wayne County village.
(Friday, May 11, 2001) --DEMOCRAT AND
CHRONICLE
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Raccoon
That Bit Pittsford Woman Was Rabid Pittsford, NY - A
raccoon that bit a Pittsford woman outside her home last weekend
tested positive for rabies. The raccoon bit the woman through a boot
Sunday on Sutherland Street. The bite was not severe. The Health
Department said they have treated everyone they believe was in contact
with the raccoon. Health Department regulations required the animal to
be destroyed. (January 26, 2001)
RochesterToday
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Air
War Against Rabies Officials are trying to vaccinate
wild raccoons. (November 7, 2000)
WROCTV
- Rabid
Fox In Pittsford There is another warning about the dangers
of wild animals. (August 9, 2000)
RochesterToday
- Bat Control May Backfire--Rabies.com
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The
Epidemiology Of Bat Rabies In The USA
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Why
bats you ask?
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Catch the bat, or suffer the
painful consequences--The Times Herald
Record Online

Rabies
Laboratory at the Wadsworth Center, New York State
Department of Health The Rabies Laboratory of the
Division of Infectious Diseases provides rabies-related
laboratory services to all of New York State. It is
located at the Wadsworth Center's Griffin Laboratory
facility in the Albany suburb of Guilderland. The
laboratory's primary service functions are the diagnosis
of rabies in animals and the detection and quantification
of rabies antibody in human serum.
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Rabies
Fact Sheet --from the New York State Department of Health.
Home | CDC
Rabies Working together to make rabies history! --from
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Animal
Bites and Rabies Rabies is a widespread, viral infection of warm-blooded
animals. Caused by a virus in the Rhabdoviridae family, it attacks the
nervous system and, once symptoms develop, it is 100 percent fatal in
animals. --ViaHealth.com
Batcon.org Bats
Conservation International-- The mission of Bat Conservation
International is to protect and restore bats and their habitats
worldwide. Probably the most comprehensive resource for bat
information on the Internet.
Welcome to the New
York State Department of Health. Rabies
Information, County Contacts "If you have been bitten, scratched or
have had contact with the saliva of an animal that you believe is rabid,
wash the wound immediately and call your doctor. If your doctor recommends
treatment, call your county health agency immediately to determine where you
should receive treatment. If there is any chance of exposure to a bat
through an inapparent bite, for example, a bat had direct contact with
someone, or was in a room with a sleeping individual, unattended child, or
with someone with mental impairment, contact your county health agency
immediately to discuss the situation. Each county is required by the state
to authorize all treatment of individuals who have been exposed to the
rabies virus. With this prior authorization, it is likely that you will not
have to pay for the cost of treatment. Without prior authorization, you may
be responsible for treatment expenses."
- The Organization
for Bat Conservation The Organization for Bat Conservation’s
Adopt-A-Bat Program
Rabies.com--Dedicated as a resource
to help clinicians prevent and treat rabies in the United States of America, to provide
clinicians with the resources to help people understand rabies and its prevention, and to
increase rabies awareness.
RabAvert: What can
I do to prevent rabies?
Be Smart About
Rabies--Source: Ontario Ministry of Health Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
BAT Page
Raccoons
Spread Deadly Disease Raccoons may be spreading more than rabies.
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The raccoon rabies epidemic reached Monroe County in 1993.
Learn more about
rabies
prevention (get a listing for Monroe County Health Department MUNICIPAL RABIES CLINICS
1999) and more Monroe County health issues here:
Health Topics.
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