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2186

Caption:

This image depicts a wild, striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis, which can become a rabies vector if it too was infected, infecting human beings through its bite. Wild animals accounted for 93% of reported animal cases of rabies in the year 2000. Skunks were responsible for 30.1% of this number.

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Content Provider(s):

CDC

Creation Date:

1994

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