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ProMed reported
on 30 May 2017 multiple recent human exposures to rabies in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York North Carolina and South Carolina.
In these exposures, people have handled or been bitten by variously: bats, a dog, foxes, a raccoon, a sheep and a skunk, all of which tested positive for rabies. The state of Colorado reports that 48 animals have tested positive for rabies in 2017.
The USA is considered by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to be a low risk destination for rabies. Any animal contact in a rabies endemic area poses a potential risk of infection.
For further information see Rabies
