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Rabies (Lyssa) ICD-9 071; ICD-10 A82   Related Topics: Oral Rabies Vaccine Programs

• Poster Contest
  Contest Information for the Rabies Awareness & Prevention Poster contest for K-8
   
• Facts
  History and facts about rabies.
   
• Control
  Rabies control in Texas, pamphlets and programs
   
• Exposure
  Exposure and treatment of rabies in Texas
   
• Bats
  Rabies in bats
   
• Skunks
  Rabies in skunks
   
• Rabies/La Rabia
  Rabies educational document in English and Spanish
   
• Prevention
  Rabies prevention in Texas, pamphlets, programs, clinics and websites. Rabies Prevention in Texas includes sections on: rabies biologicals; management of biting animals; collection and submission of animal specimens for rabies testing at the DSHS laboratory in Austin; list of and contact information for DSHS-designated laboratories; management of domestic animals exposed to rabid animals; rabies postexposure prophylaxis for humans with a guide for determining if it is necessary, plus a list of and contact information for laboratories that provide RFFIT (rabies titer) testing; preexposure vaccination for humans; adverse reactions, precautions, and contraindications pertaining to rabies vaccine; distribution points for human rabies biologicals; and contact information for the Zoonosis Control Branch and Infectious Disease Control Unit.
   
• Facts of Interest Pertaining to Rabies (PDF)
  8 things you may not know about rabies – but should
   
• The Many Faces of Rabies - Elsevier Connect
  Categories of animals and types of behaviors associated with rabies
   
•  Rabies: A Comprehensive Interview with Pamela Wilson 
  Podcast on various topics pertaining to rabies (podcast may be blocked by some networks)
   
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  Other Useful Rabies Information