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Standard DFA Protocol for Rabies:

Protocol for Postmortem Diagnosis of Rabies in Animals by Direct Fluorescent Antibody Testing
Publications:
Human Rabies Prevention -- United States, 1999
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

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Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2004
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  Rabies Vaccination Certificate
NASPHV form 51
Rabies Surveillance in the United States during 2001

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Download 2001 surveillance slides (PowerPoint file)
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Rabies Surveillance in the United States during 2000

Management of Rabies in Humans

Twelve Common Questions About Human Rabies and Its Prevention
The Incurable Wound Revisited:  Progress in Human Rabies Prevention?
Recommendations of a National Working Group on Prevention and Control of Rabies, 1999
Article 1:  Prevention and education regarding rabies in human beings
Article 2:  Laboratory diagnosis of rabies
Article 3:  Rabies in wildlife
 
 Specimen submission requirements
Collection of samples for diagnosis of rabies in humans
Possible human rabies -- patient information form
Specimens for rabies diagnosis in formalin fixed tissues
New - USDA guidance on submission of rabies-negative brain samples from rabies testing laboratories to the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) for bovine spongiform encephalopathy immunohistochemistry testing
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Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
Human Rabies:
7/1//1994  Vol. 43/No. 25  California, 1994
10/28/1994 Vol.43/No. 42  Miami, 1994
2/10/1995 Vol. 44/No. 5  West Virginia, 1994
4/14/1995 Vol. 44/No. 14  AL, TN, & TX, 94
9/1/1995  Vol. 44/No. 34  Washington, 1995
3/15/1996 Vol. 45/No. 10  Connecticut, 1995
5/3/1996  Vol. 45/No. 17  California, 1995
8/23/1996 Vol. 45/No. 33  Florida, 1996
3/28/1997 Vol. 46/No. 12  New Hampshire, 1996
5/9/1997 Vol. 46/No. 18  Kentucky and Montana, 1996
8/22/1997 Vol. 46/No. 33  MT and WA, 1997
1/16/1998 Vol. 47/No. 1  Texas and New Jersey, 1997
2/12/1999 Vol. 48/No. 5  Virginia 1998

12/15/2000 Vol. 49/No. 49  CA, GA, MN, NY, and WI, 2000

12/15/2000 Vol. 49/No. 49  Quebec, Canada, 2000

8/9/2002 Vol. 51/No. 31 California, 2002

9/20/2002 Vol. 51/No. 37 Tennessee, 2002

9/28/2002 Vol.52/No. 3 Iowa, 2002
10/31/2003 Vol. 52/No. 5 Virginia 2003
01/23/2004 Vol. 53/No. 2 California, 2003
Human Rabies Prophylaxis:
7/7/1995 Vol. 44/ No. 26  Mass Treatment of Humans Exposed to Rabies — New Hampshire,  1994
3/22/1996 Vol. 45/ No. 11  Connecticut, 1990–1994
3/26/1999 Vol. 48/No. 11  Mass Treatment of Humans Who Drank Unpasteurized Milk from Rabid Cows, MA, 1996-1999.
8/4/2000 Vol. 49/No. 29 Voluntary Recall of IMOVAX® Rabies I.D. (Rabies Vaccine) Used for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Animal Rabies:
4/22/1994 Vol. 43/ No. 15  Raccoon Rabies Epizootic US, 1993
8/11/1995  Vol.44/ No. 31  Translocation of Coyote Rabies, Florida, 1994
3/1/1996 Vol.45/ No. 8  South Dakota, 1995
1/3/1997 Vol. 45/ No. 51  Raccoon Rabies Epizootic US, 1996
10/29/1999 Vol. 48/No.42 Public Health Response to a Potentially Rabid Bear
Cub - Iowa, 1999
1/21/2000 Vol.49/ No. 2  Update: Raccoon Rabies Epizootic - United States and Canada, 1999
6/7/2002 Vol.51/ No. 22 Rabies in a Beaver - Florida, 2001
 
Conferences and Meetings
15th International Conference on Rabies in the Americas

Questions?
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