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Scratches from feral, unvaccinated cats were the only suspicious animal contact for a California girl who developed rabies infection and recovered.



February 3, 2012 / Vol. 61 / No. 4

Recovery of a Patient from Clinical Rabies — California, 2011


In May 2011, a girl aged 8 years in California was brought to a local emergency department with a 1-week history of progressive sore throat, difficulty swallowing, and weakness. After the girl developed flaccid paralysis and encephalitis, rabies was diagnosed based on 1) detection of rabies virus–specific antibodies in serum and cerebrospinal fluid, 2) a compatible clinical syndrome in the patient, and 3) absence of a likely alternative diagnosis. The public health investigation identified contact with free-roaming, unvaccinated cats at the patient’s school as a possible source of infection. This report summarizes the patient’s recovery and the laboratory and public health investigations.


MMWR Recommendations and Reports

January 13, 2012 / Vol. 61 / No. RR–1
Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients: Recommendations of the National Expert Panel on Field Triage, 2011
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Field triage is a process used by emergency medical services providers to make decisions about the most appropriate destination hospital for injured patients. In 2011, CDC convened an expert panel to review the existing guidelines, which had last been modified in 2006. This report explains the revisions and modifications that were made to the 2006 guidelines and provides the rationale for these changes. This report is intended to help prehospital-care providers in their daily duties recognize individual injured patients who are most likely to benefit from specialized trauma center resources and is not intended as a mass casualty triage tool.

MMWR Surveillance Summaries

January 20, 2012 / Vol. 61 / No. SS–1
Surveillance of Demographic Characteristics and Health Behaviors Among Adult Cancer Survivors — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2009

Approximately 12 million people are living with cancer in the United States. Using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, this report presents the first population-based survey with state-level assessment of health behaviors and demographic characteristics among cancer survivors aged ≥18 years. Health-care providers and patients should be aware of the importance of preventive care, smoking cessation, regular physical activity, and maintaining a healthy weight for cancer survivors.

MMWR Summary of Notifiable Diseases

May 13, 2011 / Vol. 58 / No. 53
Summary of Notifiable Diseases — United States, 2009

The Health-care providers in the United States are required to report certain infectious diseases to a specified state or local authority. A disease is designated as notifiable if timely information about individual cases is considered necessary for prevention and control of the disease. Each year, CDC publishes a summary of the cases of notifiable disease reported for the most recent year for which data is available. This report presents a summary of notifiable diseases for 2009. The Summary is available at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_nd/index.html. This site also includes publications from previous years.

MMWR Supplements

January 6, 2012 / Vol. 61 / Supplement
Guidelines for Safe Work Practices in Human and Animal Medical Diagnostic Laboratories: Recommendations of a CDC-convened, Biosafety Blue Ribbon Panel

Prevention of injuries and occupational-related infections in U.S. laboratories is a major concern. A previous publication presented biosafety guidelines for laboratories; however, it did not address safety in diagnostic labs in human and animal medicine. In 2008, CDC convened a Blue Ribbon Panel to review safety issues in diagnostic labs. This supplement presents the guidelines developed by this group of experts.

Child Immunization Schedules

February 11, 2011 / Vol. 60 / No. 5 Recommended Immunization Schedules for Persons Aged 0 Through 18 Years — United States, 2011

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) annually publishes an immunization schedule for persons aged 0 through 18 years that summarizes recommendations for currently licensed vaccines for children aged 18 years and younger and includes recommendations in effect as of December 15, 2010.

Adult Immunization Schedule

February 3, 2012 / Vol. 61 / No. 4
Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule — United States, 2012

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) annually reviews the recommended Adult Immunization Schedule to ensure that the schedule reflects current recommendations for the licensed vaccines. In October 2010, ACIP approved the Adult Immunization Schedule for 2011, which includes several changes.


 
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