(LM: Here’s some good health news for a change—the dog rabies virus has been eliminated from the United States. My terrier is delighted that she can no longer catch dog-specific rabies from another dog. I'm happy about it too. I've been bitten by the dog next door.) U.S. free of canine rabies virusFederal health experts declared a small victory against a fatal and untreatable virus on Friday, saying canine rabies has disappeared from the United States.
While dogs may still become infected from raccoons, skunks or bats, they will not catch dog-specific rabies from another dog, the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
"We don't want to misconstrue that rabies has been eliminated -- dog rabies virus has been," CDC rabies expert Dr. Charles Rupprecht told Reuters in a telephone interview.
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"The elimination of canine rabies in the United States represents one of the major public health success stories in the last 50 years," CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding said in a statement.
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(Link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070907/hl_nm/rabies_usa_dc&printer=1;_ylt=AsCUBsK9Hpq8DAl_fiYRtGsR.3QA)
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