Rabies Resources for the Medical Professional

On October 1, 2009 the North Carolina Rabies Laws were amended by the General Assembly to conform to the current recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians’ Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2008. The amended laws replace those applicable statutes, that are now antiquated, in the 2007 NC Rabies Manual, which will be revised to reflect those changes. In the interim, please see the following:

• UPDATE: North Carolina Rabies Laws Amended, Effective October 1, 2009 (summary)
• Session Law 2009-327: Senate Bill 674, amending rabies laws G.S. 130A-184 through G.S. 130A-199
• 2007 N.C. Rabies Manual

The following resources provide information to assist in medical assessment for human rabies postexposure prophylaxis, diagnosis and treatment and rabies diagnosis, prevention and control in animals :

• Human Rabies Prevention 2008, Recommendations of the ACIP
• CDC: Collection of Samples for Diagnosis of Rabies in Humans
• Medical College of Wisconsin: Rabies Registry website
• CDC Rabies Website
• NASPHV Compendium of animal rabies control, 2008 revision (pdf)
• NASPHV rabies vaccination certificate, rev. 2007 (pdf)
• North Carolina Animal Control Agencies (NCARCA)

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