Beck A M, Felser S R, Glickman L T
Am J Public Health. 1987 Jan;77(1):42-4. doi: 10.2105/ajph.77.1.42.
The number of reported rabid raccoons increased by 617 per cent in Maryland from 1982 to 1984. The per cent of raccoons that tested positive for rabies increased from 7.9 per cent in 1982 to 57 per cent in 1984. During this period of time, more than 74 per cent of human exposures to rabid animals involved raccoons. Reports of animal bites of humans, however, showed only a 2.6 per cent increase. The raccoon rabies epizootic has had significant public health impact in terms of human rabies postexposure prophylaxis and rabies control programs.
1982年至1984年间，马里兰州报告的患狂犬病浣熊数量增加了617%。检测出狂犬病呈阳性的浣熊比例从1982年的7.9%增至1984年的57%。在此期间，超过74%的人类接触狂犬病动物事件涉及浣熊。然而，人类被动物咬伤的报告仅显示增加了2.6%。浣熊狂犬病 epizootic 在人类狂犬病暴露后预防和狂犬病控制计划方面产生了重大的公共卫生影响。（注：epizootic 意思是“动物流行病的”，这里结合语境推测可能是想说浣熊狂犬病的流行对公共卫生有重大影响，但原文这个词拼写有误，正确的是 epizootics ）
