Deaths from<unk>  per million persons in 2012 Map of<unk> -free countries and territories In 2010, an estimated 26,000 people died from<unk> , down from 54,000 in 1990. The majority of the deaths occurred in Asia and Africa. , India, followed by China (approximately 6,000) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (5,600), had the most cases. A 2015 collaboration between the World Health Organization, World Organization of Animal Health (OIE), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO), and Global Alliance for<unk>  Control has a goal of eliminating deaths from<unk>  by 2030. India India has the highest rate of human<unk>  in the world, primarily because of stray dogs, whose number has greatly increased since a 2001 law forbade the killing of dogs. Effective control and treatment of<unk>  in India is hindered by a form of mass hysteria known as puppy pregnancy syndrome (PPS). Dog bite victims with PPS, male as well as female, become convinced that puppies are growing inside them, and often seek help from faith healers rather than medical services. An estimated 20,000 people die every year from<unk>  in India, more than a third of the global total. Australia Australia has an official<unk> -free status, although Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV), discovered in 1996, is a strain of<unk>  prevalent in Australian native bat populations. There have been three human cases of ABLV in Australia, all of them fatal. United States<unk>  cases in humans and domestic animals — United States, 1938–2018 Canine-specific<unk>  has been eradicated in the United States. But<unk>  is common among wild animals in the United States, and an average of 100 dogs become infected from other wildlife each year. Bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes account for almost all reported cases (98% in 2009). Rabid bats are found in all 48 contiguous states. Other reservoirs are more limited geographically; for example, the raccoon<unk>  virus variant is only found in a relatively narrow band along the East Coast. Due to high public awareness of the virus, efforts at vaccination of domestic animals and curtailment of feral populations, and availability of postexposure prophylaxis, incidence of<unk>  in humans is very rare in the United States. From 1960 to 2018, a total of 125 human<unk>  cases were reported in the United States; 36 (28%) were attributed to dog bites during international travel. Among the 89 infections acquired in the United States, 62 (70%) were attributed to bats. The most recent<unk>  death in the United States was an Illinois man who refused treatment after waking up in the night with a bat on his neck; the man died a month later. Occurring in 2021, it was the first case of human<unk>  in the United States in nearly three years. Europe Either no or very few cases of<unk>  are reported each year in Europe; cases are contracted both during travel and in Europe. In Switzerland the disease was virtually eliminated after scientists placed chicken heads laced with live attenuated vaccine in the Swiss Alps. The foxes of Switzerland, proven to be the main source of<unk>  in the country, ate the chicken heads and immunized themselves. Italy, after being declared<unk> -free from 1997 to 2008, has witnessed a reemergence of the disease in wild animals in the Triveneto regions (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia), due to the spreading of an epidemic in the Balkans that also affected Austria. An extensive wild animal vaccination campaign eliminated the virus from Italy again, and it regained the<unk> -free country status in 2013, the last reported case of<unk>  being reported in a red fox in early 2011. The United Kingdom has been free of<unk>  since the early 20th century except for a<unk> -like virus in a few Daubenton's bats. There has been one fatal case of transmission to a human. There have been four deaths from<unk> , transmitted abroad by dog bites, since 2000. The last infection in the UK occurred in 1922, and the last death from indigenous<unk>  was in 1902. Unlike many of the other countries of Europe it is protected by being an island, and by strict quarantine procedures. Mexico Mexico was certified by the World Health Organization as being free of dog-transmitted<unk>  in 2019 because no case of dog-human transmission had been recorded in two years.
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