Rabies
Rabies is usually a fatal disease that can affect all mammals, including humans. The virus is usually passed to humans via the bite of a rabid animal. Occasionally rabies can be transmitted if the saliva of an infected animal gets in to a fresh scratch, break in the skin, or contact with mucous membranes (eyes, mouth, nose).
LINKS
- Center for Disease Control (CDC) - Rabies Information
- CDC--Human Rabies Surveillance Information
- California Department of Public Health (CDPH) - Rabies Information
- California Department of Public Health (CDPH) - Reported Animal Rabies, 2011 Provisional (PDF)
- Humboldt County Division of Environmental Health's Vector Control Program
- Humboldt County Sheriff's Office - Animal Control Division
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Rabies in Humboldt County Pamphlet (English)
- Rabies in Humboldt County Pamphlet (Spanish)
- Once Bitten... Pamphlet (English)
- Once Bitten... Pamphlet (Spanish)
- California Rabies FAQs
- Animals Testing Positive for Rabies in
Humboldt County, 1990-2010 - Rabies--2005-2009 Humboldt County Human and Animal Encounters
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