Biological Overview: the Epidemic
- Raccoon rabies swept up from the south (starting in Florida).
- First documented Connecticut case in western CT in March, 1991
- Rabies swept over CT in an epidemic wave in the
next 4 years.
- Conclusion of a preliminary paper:
- The epidemic front moved at about 30 km/yr in
a
SW to NE direction (crude estimate).
- As of 1994, the disease was entering the
endemic phase.
