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More information is available on surveillance system, these cases were
CDC’s Travel Health website.
rapidly identified and rabies didn’t
spread.
Imported dogs pose a risk as
well
Emergency efforts to respond to ra-
bid imported dogs cost more than
CDC estimates more than 1 million $200,000 per occurrence, but are
dogs enter the U.S. annually, and necessary to prevent cases of rabies
107,000 are imported from countries in people and potential reintroduc-
where rabies in dogs is common.
tion of the virus into the U.S. dog pop-
ulation.
Since 2015, three rabid dogs are
known to have been brought into the To read the  Vital Signs  report, vis-
U.S., posing a risk to people and pets it:  www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns. For more
who came in contact with them.
information on rabies, please vis-
Due to the robust U.S. public health
it www.cdc.gov/rabies.
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