Evaluation of Surveillance for Suspected Human Exposure to Rabies, Washington State, 2018-2023.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We evaluated the data quality, acceptability, sensitivity, simplicity, and representativeness of the surveillance system for suspected human rabies exposure in Washington State to understand current surveillance practices and areas for improvement.

Methods

We conducted a mixed-methods evaluation of the state's surveillance system for suspected rabies exposures. Specifically, we compared the number of suspected rabies exposures in the Washington Disease Reporting System (WDRS) with (1) the number of possible rabies exposures captured by syndromic surveillance (Rapid Health Information NetwOrk [RHINO]) and (2) the number of rabies postexposure prophylaxis administrations in the Washington Immunization Information System (WA IIS) from January 2018 through May 2023. W

SUBMITTER: Paris K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12528069 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature